Rafiqah Nur Rahman
Universitas Muhammadiyah Makassar,Indonesia

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AN ANALYSIS ON THE STUDENTS’ COHESION AND COHERENCE IN THEIR DESCRIPTIVE PARAGRAPH Rafiqah Nur Rahman; Hasnawati Latief; Ilmiah
Journal of Language Testing and Assessment Vol. 1 No. 2 (2021): Journal of Language Testing and Assessment (JLTA)
Publisher : FKIP Unismuh Makassar

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This research aimed to found what types of cohesion that commonly used by the English department students of University of Muhammadiyah Makassar in their descriptive text and to find out how is the students ability in making their text coherence. This research used descriptive research. Purposive sampling technique was applied to select the sample. The population of this sample was the third semester students of English department in Muhammdiyah University of Makassar. The number of sample was one class that is consists of 13 students. The data obtained by giving a writing test to the student. The research findings showed that the students used 82% reference in their descriptive text and followed by conjunction in 15.1% , while ellipsis and substitution only 1.21% used by the student. Thus, 41% students already in a good level of writing ability even there are still some mistakes and followed by 33% of student already got out standing level that means they already can make their text correctly coherence and there are 23% students still need to improved their skill so they can make their text coherence.