Assessing the Students’ Use of Cohesive Devices in Writing Hortatory Exposition Text
Hermin Wijayanti,
Suwandi Suwandi,
Sri Wuli Fitriati
Abstract:This research began in the challenging of writing Hortatory Exposition Text, faced by students, especially second language learners in academic settings. Despite writing's crucial role in analysis and communication, limited structured practice leads to incoherent expression. Qualitative descriptive was applied to analyze the use of cohesive devices proposed by Halliday and Hasan’s (1976) theory. The object of this research were fifteen students of SMA Kesatrian 2 Semarang. The students’ texts were analyzed by … Show more
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