Open AccessCoherence Aspects Within Efl Essay
Author(s) -
Erna Megawati
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
scope
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2541-0334
pISSN - 2541-0326
DOI - 10.30998/scope.v3i1.2720
Subject(s) - coherence (philosophical gambling strategy) , indonesian , noun , pronoun , linguistics , repetition (rhetorical device) , theme (computing) , computer science , psychology , philosophy , mathematics , world wide web , statistics
The purpose of this research is to discover Indonesian undergraduate students’ understanding in composing a coherence English essay. The subjects of the research are essay texts written by thirty undergraduate students using theme “Students’ attitude toward Indonesian language” chosen randomly. The analysis has revealed that s coherence aspects have not used properly, more over there is one aspect is not used. The coherence aspects consist of repetition key noun, using consistent pronoun, transition signals and logical order. This research is designed as library research using content analysis method. Data are analyzed to investigated the coherency in students’ essay. Key words: essay, coherence