Students' Cohesion Used By Eleventh Graders in Writing Report Text

ABSTRAK

PENGGUNAAN KOHESI OLEH SISWA KELAS SEBELAS DALAM MENULIS TEKS REPORT

Kata kunci: kohesi, unsur-unsur kohesi, teks laporan, siswa kelas sebelas.

                Salah satu keterampilan paling sulit dalam bahasa Inggris adalah menulis. Siswa perlu waktu untuk bisa menulis dengan baik. Karena menulis adalah sebuah komposisi dengan banyak prinsip di dalamnya. Ada beberapa komponen dalam menulis afar tersusun komposisi tulisan yang baik. Salah satu komponennya adalah kohesi dan diperlukan unsur-unsur kohesi. Unsur-unsur kohesi memiliki empat komponen, yaitu konjungsi, artikel definit, kata ganti orang, dan kata ganti demonstrative. Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui bagaimana siswa kelas sebelas menggunakan unsur-unsur kohesi dalam penulisan teks laporan mereka.

                Penelitian ini menggunakan metode penelitian deskriptif kualitatif. Penelitian ini dilaksanakan di SMAN 1 Kediri dan siswa kelas XI sebagai subjek penelitian. Peneliti melakukan analisis dokumen dengan menganalisis tulisan siswa dengan melihat unsur-unsur kohesi yang digunakan. Data dianalisis dengan reduksi data, penyajian data, dan penarikan kesimpulan.

ABSTRACT

STUDENTS’ COHESION USED BY ELEVENTH GRADERS IN WRITING REPORT TEXT

Key words: cohesion, cohesive devices, report text, eleventh graders.

                One of the hardest skills in English is writing. Students need time for being able to write well. Because writing is a composition with many principles in it. There are some components in writing in order to make a well composition. One of the components is cohesion and it needs cohesive devices to fulfill. Cohesive devices have four components, they are conjunctions, definite article, personal pronouns, and demonstrative pronouns. The aim of this research is to know how the students of eleventh grade use cohesive devices in their writing report text.

                This research uses qualitative as the research design and explains descriptively. The research takes place in SMAN 1 Kediri and the students of eleventh grade as the subject of the study. The researcher does document analysis by analyzing students’ writing by looking at the cohesive devices that are used. The data are analyzed by reducing data, displaying data, and making conclusion.

                The result is the students of eleventh grade used cohesive devices n their writing report text quite well. Most of them used all cohesive devices to make their writing looks good. Although, one component of cohesive devices was used a little by the students, their writing still consists one or two of it. Finally, the students use cohesive devices in their writing report text although the teacher did not explain about it.