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STUDENTS’ ABILITY IN USING DISCOURSE MARKERS TO BUILD COHERENCE IN COMPOSITIONS

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The study attempts to find out how Indonesian students apply
Discourse Markers (DMs) to build coherence in English compositions. It
employs a descriptive design, analyzing 52 target DMs and how they are
used in 21 argumentative papers. The participants of the study were 21 Master’s
students majoring in English Language Teaching (ELT). The results reveal
that the participants employ 44 DMs in 234 occurrences, and use some
DMs inappropriately in 118 occurrences. The problematic matters cover:
non-equivalent exchange, overuse, surface logic, misinterpreted relation, and
mistranslation. The study concludes that although the participants have
shown their awareness of using DMs to build coherent compositions, there
are areas where improvement is needed to increase their ability in using
DMs appropriately and effectively to make their writing better and more logically
connected. Recommendations to English teachers are also given as
pedagogical implications of this study.
Keywords: discourse markers, coherence, cohesion, argumentative essays.

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Judul Seri

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No. Panggil

420 AND s

Penerbit

: TEFLIN Journal,., 2016

Deskripsi Fisik

14 hlm.; 20cm.

Bahasa

English

ISBN/ISSN

203-216

Klasifikasi

420

Tipe Isi

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Tipe Media

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Tipe Pembawa

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Edisi

vol.27 no.2

Subjek

Politik Pemerintahan

Info Detail Spesifik

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Pernyataan Tanggungjawab

Andhina W. Patriana

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