COHESION DEVICES IN RELATION TO QUALITY OF ENGINEERING STUDENTS’ GENRE-BASED WRITINGS
Abstract: Writing skill is one
of the four language skills in learning English in EFL context. In writing,
cohesive devices are used to establish the links among the ideas in a sentence
and paragraph. This study was aimed at investigating IT Del engineering
students’ use of cohesive devices in genre based writing and the relationship between
the number of cohesive devices used and writing quality. There were 30 writings
selected out of 50 compositions written by the engineering students at IT Del.
The quantitative analysis was performed to explore the results. The findings
revealed that the students applied a variety of cohesive devices in their English
compositions, among which reference category had the highest percentage,
followed by lexical and conjunction categories. Furthermore, it was found that
there is no significant relationship between the number of cohesive ties used
and the quality of writing. The results have some important implications for
learning English as a Foreign Language.
Author: Santi Agustina Manalu
Journal Code: jppendidikangg160252
