Cohesive Devices used in Students’ Argumentative Essay; A Discourse Analysis
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.29408/veles.v6i1.4969Keywords:
Cohesive devices, Cohesion, Argumentative EssayAbstract
The cohesive devices are one of the important aspects of academic writing that has been recognized as a fundamental characteristic of good writing. The aims of this study are to find out the types of cohesive devices used by students and to identify the error of using cohesive devices when composing an argumentative text. This study recruited ten students from the fifth semester of the English language program in the 2021/2022 academic year. The research approach used in this study was descriptive qualitative. This entire data were analyzed by identifying the kind of cohesive devices used and also errors of using the cohesive devices. Based on the documentary results of the student's argumentative essay, it indicated that the students used only three types of cohesive devices as a reference, conjunctions, and substitutions. While there are two types of errors revealed in student essays of using cohesive devices, namely; references and conjunctions. The types of references included personal references, such as; they, them, and it, as well as demonstrative references, such as; that, those, and these. Furthermore, there are errors with additive conjunctions such as the using of and or. The Errors in causal conjunctions, such as; using the conjunctions so and because. The students often used the cohesive devices inefficiently, incorrectly, or excessively. In other words, the sentences are not linked correctly and properly. It seems that students cannot use cohesive devices in writing because they do not understand how to use them properly.
References
Adiantika, H. N. (2015). Cohesive Devices In EFL Students’ Expository Writing. English Review: Journal of English Education, 4(1), 94. https://doi.org/10.25134/erjee.v4i1.316
Alarcon, J. B., & Morales, K. N. S. (2011). Grammatical cohesion in students’ argumentative essay. Journal of English and Literature, 2(5), 114–127.
Albana, H. H., Marzuki, A. G., Alex, & Hidayat, D. N. (2020). Cohesive devices in student’s writing (A discourse analysis on argumentative text). Jurnal Pendidikan Humaniora, 8(1), 6–11. http://journal.um.ac.id/index.php/jph/article/view/13632
Almutairi, N. D. (2017). Discourse Analysis of Cohesive Devices in Saudi Student’s Writing. World Journal of Educational Research, 4(4), 516. https://doi.org/10.22158/wjer.v4n4p516
Andayani, P. O., Seken, I. K., & Marjohan, A. (2013). An Analysis of The Cohesion and Coherence of The Students’ Narrative. Jurnal Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris Indonesia, 1, 40–53.
Andi Suprapto, I. (2014). The Analysis of Conjunction in American Photo. Humanis, 8(3), 1–8.
Ayomi, Putu & Pratama, K. (2018). Cohesive Devices in Journal Articles and Children Story. 10(1), 36–45.
Bahaziq, A. (2016). Cohesive Devices in Written Discourse: A Discourse Analysis of a Student’s Essay Writing. English Language Teaching, 9(7), 112. https://doi.org/10.5539/elt.v9n7p112
Chanyoo, N. (2018). Cohesive devices and academic writing quality of thai undergraduate students. Journal of Language Teaching and Research, 9(5), 994–1001. https://doi.org/10.17507/jltr.0905.13
Darweesh, D. & K. H. A. (2016). Iraqi EFL Learner’s Problems in Using Conjunctions as Cohesive Devices. Journal of Education and Practice, 7(11), 169–180.
Disman, D., Ali, M., & Syaom Barliana, M. (2017). the Use of Quantitative Research Method and Statistical Data Analysis in Dissertation: An Evaluation Study. International Journal of Education, 10(1), 46. https://doi.org/10.17509/ije.v10i1.5566
Eun, H. (2009). Reference and Substitution as Cohesion Devices in EFL Writing.
Graesser, A. C., McNamara, D. S., Louwerse, M. M., & Cai, Z. (2004). Coh-Metrix: Analysis of text on cohesion and language. Behavior Research Methods, Instruments, and Computers, 36(2), 193–202. https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03195564
Halliday, M. A. . & H. (1976). Cohesion in English. Longman.
Hatim, B., & Munday, J. (2019). Translation: An advanced resource book for students. In Translation: An advanced resource book for students. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429266348
Hidayat, A. (2017). An Analysis of Grammatical Cohesive Device of the Short Story the Little Match Girl by Hans Christian Andersen 2016 / 2017. 9(2), 232–244.
Huang, D. (2015). Linking Words (Conjunctions and Connectors). Graduate Writing Center Yale Center for Teaching and Learning, May, 1–4. https://ctl.yale.edu/sites/default/files/files/GWC_LinkingWords-1.pdf
Iseni, A., Almasaeid, A.A., & Younes, B. A. M. (2013). The Role of Discourse Markers and Cohesive Devices in Writing EFL Students a Case Study. Anglisticum Journal, 2(4), 35–48.
Jambak, V. T. (n.d.). Cohesive devices used in the headline news. 58–71.
Latifah, A., & Triyono, S. (2020). Cohesion and Coherence of Discourse in the Story of “Layangan Putus” on Social Media Facebook. Indonesian Journal of EFL and Linguistics, 5(1), 41. https://doi.org/10.21462/ijefl.v5i1.215
Li, P. P., Bai, Y., & Xi, Y. (2012). The Contextual Antecedents of Organizational Trust: A Multidimensional Cross-level Analysis. Management and Organization Review, 8(2), 371–396. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1740-8784.2011.00219.x
Lynch, T., & Anderson, K. (2013). Grammar for Academic Writing. English Language Teaching Centre, 1–6. https://www.ed.ac.uk/files/atoms/files/grammar_for_academic_writing_ism.pdf
Mohammed, A. S. (2015). Conjunctions as Cohesive Devices in the Writings of English as Second Language Learners. In Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences (Vol. 208, Issue Icllic 2014). Elsevier B.V. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sbspro.2015.11.182
Mubenga, K. S. (2014). A systemic functional analysis of conjunction in “Au Revoir les Enfants.” Stellenbosch Papers in Linguistics Plus, 43(0), 297. https://doi.org/10.5842/43-0-182
Nasser, A. N. A. (2017). A study of errors in the use of grammatical cohesive devices in argumentative texts written by Yemeni EFL learners. International Journal of Appl Ied Research, 3(10), 172–176.
Nindya, M. A., & Widiati, U. (2020). Cohesive devices in argumentative essays by Indonesian EFL learners. Journal on English as a Foreign Language, 10(2), 337–358. https://doi.org/10.23971/jefl.v10i2.1949
Nurhidayat, E. F., Apriani, E., & Edy, S. (2021). International Journal of Multicultural and Multireligious Understanding The Analysis of Cohesive Devices Used by Tertiary English Students in Writing English Paragraphs. 70–81.
Prananda, Y. A. (2016). Students’ Ability in Writing Paragraphs Using Structure of The Paragraph in Argumentative Essay By The Sixth Semester of English Study Program of Muhammadiyah University of Bengkulu. Linguists : Journal Of Linguistics and Language Teaching, 3(1).
Rahman, Y. A. (2017). Error of Conjunctions in Indonesian Efl Learners’ Composition. Progressive, XII(2), 47–56.
Rahmawati, D. (2015). Grammatical Cohesive Devices Found in Argumentative Essays Written By the Fourth Semester Students of English Education Department At Iain Tulungagung. IAIN Tulungagung Institutional Repository.
Riau, U. (n.d.). A study on reference as cohesive device in essays written by the fourth semester students of the. 6, 1–9.
Sanczyk, A. (2010). Investigating argumentative essays of English undergraduates studying in Poland as regards their use of cohesive devices. 1–195.
Suhartoyo, E., Ni’mah, D., & Ismiatun, F. (2020). the Common Mistakes of Undergraduate Efl Students in Writing. ELLit : 2nd Online National Seminar on English Linguistics and Literature, 37–46.
Taplo, P. (2016). The Analysis of Cohesive Devices Used in the Short Story of “A Free Lunch” by Jake Allsop.
Uru, O. B., Sudirman, A., & Nugroho, A. D. (2021). Exploring Cohesions in EFL Academic Writing: A State of the Art on the Study of Cohesions. Elsya : Journal of English Language Studies, 3(2), 141–149. https://doi.org/10.31849/elsya.v3i2.6730
Warna, D., Wijaya, B., Sartika, E., & Riznanda, W. A. (2019). Cohesive Devices Used in Argumentative Essays of Undergraduate EFL Students in Indonesia. ENGLISH FRANCA : Academic Journal of English Language and Education, 3(02), 125. https://doi.org/10.29240/ef.v3i02.1164
Downloads
Additional Files
Published
How to Cite
Issue
Section
License
Authors who publish with the VELES Journal agree to the following terms:
- Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License (CC BY-SA 4.0).
- Authors are able to enter into separate, additional contractual arrangements for the distribution of the journal's published version of the work (e.g., post it to an institutional repository or publish it in a book), with an acknowledgment of its initial publication in this journal.
- Authors are permitted and encouraged to post their work online (e.g., in institutional repositories or on their website) prior to and during the submission process, as it can lead to productive exchanges, as well as earlier and greater citation of published work.
VELES Journal is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
