jurnal pendidikan humaniora· 2026
Cohesive Devices in Student’s Writing (A Discourse Analysis on Argumentative Text)
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Short summary
Fifth-semester students demonstrate cohesive devices in argumentative writing but require improvement, particularly in grammatical cohesion, to achieve higher levels of text coherence.
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Key points
- Students use cohesive devices in their argumentative writing.
- Grammatical cohesion is an area needing improvement.
- Enhancing cohesive devices can lead to higher text coherence.
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Abstract
This research aims to analyse a piece of argumentative writing produced by fifth semester of Darussunnah students in a term of cohesion issues of discourse analysis. The cohesive devices are viewed as a structure of analysis to investigate the grammatical and lexical cohesion in writing. Qualitative and quantitative (mixed method) were applied in analysing the data. The result showed that students have performed the cohesive devices. However, students need to improve the use of cohesive device, especially in grammatical cohesion to result higher level of cohesion.
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