Nurbaeti Lestari, 0203517012 (2020) THE USE OF COHESIVE DEVICES IN THE NARRATIVE TEXTS OF THE 11th GRADERS OF PELITA BANGSA SCHOOL CIREBON. Masters thesis, UNNES.

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Abstract

Writing is one of the skills learned by 11th graders. It makes the students consider making their text communicative to the readers. To recognize whether the students can communicate the text or not, one can analyze its cohesive devices. This study aimed to find out the use of cohesive devices in narrative texts written by 11th graders of Pelita Bangsa School. A qualitative method was used in this study. The subject was the 11th Graders of Pelita Bangsa School Cirebon. Five texts were selected by me. The instruments were guided by six research questions. The analysis focused on students’ texts analyzed by the theories of Halliday and Hasan (1976) and Thornbury (2005). The findings showed that reference, conjunction, substitution, ellipsis, and lexical cohesion were used by 11th graders of Pelita Bangsa School. However, both substitution and ellipsis were infrequently used by the students. It is due to they have not been used to using these devices. Meanwhile, reference and conjunction were frequently used by the students. It can be identified that they have been used to using these devices. In addition, the relationship of the devices in achieving text coherence was important. Cohesive devices create a text that makes sense to read. In conclusion, some cohesive devices were familiar to the students, only substitution and ellipsis were rarely used by them. Moreover, the relationship of cohesive devices in achieving text coherence was the direct involvement of all cohesive devices in making text coherence. This study suggests that cohesive devices can be a tool to improve the quality of students’ writing.

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