GRAMMATICAL COHESIVE DEVICES IN THE SELECTED ARTICLES OF TEFLIN JOURNAL

ROMDIYAH, PEBRIA (2015) GRAMMATICAL COHESIVE DEVICES IN THE SELECTED ARTICLES OF TEFLIN JOURNAL. [ Skripsi ]

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ABSTRACT Romdiyah, Pebria. Student Registered Number.3213113125. 2015. Grammatical Cohesive Devices in the Selected Articles of TEFLIN Journal. Sarjana Thesis. English Education Department. Faculty of Tarbiyah and Teacher Training. State Islamic Institute (IAIN) of Tulungagung. Advisor: Faizatul Istiqomah, M.Ed. Keywords: cohesion, grammatical cohesive devices, journal article In this day and age, the presence of scientific journal gives a space for researchers to publish their findings to the society in order to spread out the development of knowledge in a specific field. Besides, this activity also reflects their dedication toward the field they are concern in. Nevertheless, not all journals have been approved as scientific and accredited publisher since in achieving the status should fulfill a certain requirement. One of credible journal in EFL context is TEFLIN journal which has already accredited as scientific journal by the government. When a journal has a credible name, it implies that the published articles are considered as good writing. In other words, the articles in TEFLIN journal are included as qualified writing which provides a cohesive ties that build unity in the texts. The research questions of this study are: 1) what types of grammatical cohesive devices are used in the selected articles of TEFLIN journal? 2) How are the frequency of occurrence of the grammatical cohesive devices categories found in the selected articles of TEFLIN journal? Furthermore, from the research questions the researcher proposes the objectives of the study to: 1) analyze the types of grammatical cohesive devices used in the articles of TEFLIN journal, 2) identify the frequency of occurrence of the grammatical cohesive devices categories found in the selected articles of TEFLIN journal. Based on the research questions above, the researcher uses descriptive quantitative with survey design to examine the articles. In this case the researcher takes a role as the key instrument to collect and analyze the data which taken from the sample that contains six articles of TEFLIN journal volume 24, 2013. The sample are chosen randomly through random sampling technique. The result of the study shows that the three types of grammatical cohesive devices are used in the articles there are reference, substitution, and conjunction. Each of them has been calculated and gotten number 57.35%, 0.4%, and 42.25%, respectively. In this case none of ellipsis is found in the articles. By this way, it can be seen that reference and conjunction are mostly used in the articles.

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