English Education and Applied Linguistics Journal (EEAL Journal)
Vol 1, No 1 (2018): EEAL Journal

THEMATIC PROGRESSION IN STUDENTS’ RECOUNT TEXTS

Sri Yunita (Indonesia University of Education)



Article Info

Publish Date
28 May 2018

Abstract

This study aims to investigate Thematic progression patterns in students’ Recount text in a state Vocational School in Bandung. To meet the purpose, this study employs a descriptive-qualitative research design. The data are obtained from collection of students’ text. This study uses the theory of Thematic progression proposed by Halliday (1994) and Eggins (1994; 2004) as the framework to analyze the data. Furthermore, the findings show that the Thematic progression support the character of Recount text written by the students to some extents: the Theme Reiteration pattern signpost that the students tend to make the text focus by repeating the same element as Themes, the Zig Zag pattern shows that the students introduce newly information by promoting the Rheme in a clause to the Theme in the subsequent clause, and the Multiple Theme pattern specifies that the students develop the texts well according to the prior plan before writing those ideas in the text.Keywords: Thematic Progression, Students’ Text, Recount Texts

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Journal Info

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eeal

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Subject

Humanities Education Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media Social Sciences

Description

English Education and Applied Linguistics Journal (EEAL Journal) is devoted to the applications of English education to problems of English language teaching and learning. Attention is paid to the learning and teaching of English languages as a second and foreign language in all countries. EEAL ...