Cohesion in News Articles: A Discourse Analysis Approach

Abstract

The article explores the use of technology in EFL classes to promote communicative competence. It elucidates communicative competence and explicates obstructions in communicative tasks. Moreover, it interprets the use of technology in fostering and supporting the development of communicative competence and explains how it is pragmatic in maintaining learners' level of motivation and interest in learning a foreign language. The present article identifies the significance and use of mobile phone, camera, computer and internet, tape recorder, projector, and language labs in EFL classes. Besides, it discusses the use of technology as an educational tool in language teaching and learning.

Cohesive Devices Realization in The Jakarta Post News Editorials: A Discourse Analysis

“…However, both substitution and ellipsis are found to be absent within the three selected news editorials. Since the utilization of both substitution and ellipsis is implying a rigid division into watertight compartments (Halliday & Hasan, 1976), they are mostly found academic writings (Abdul Rahman, 2013;Leupold, Klinger & Jarren, 2018;Michael et al, 2013;Richardson, 2017). Studies such as conducted by Michael et al (2013) and Thipwatee & Lerdpisalwong (2021) found out that both substitution and ellipsis are absent in the news editorials they analyzed.…”

“…Many discourse analysts evaluate the broader discourse context in order to comprehend how it influences the sentence's meaning either in written or oral communication. Thus, by engaging in DA, it assists scholars in uncovering the motive behind any kind of text by enabling them to evaluate an issue from a higher perspective (Martin, 2005;Michael et al, 2013;Sitio, 2022;Tanskanen, 2006).…”

“…The issues of cohesion in news editorials and articles in either national or international news sites have been a growing interest for the last several decades worldwide (Leupold, Klinger & Jarren, 2018;Malah, Tan & Rashid, 2017;Michael et. al., 2013;Nijat, Karimi & Monib, 2022;Robert, 2019;Singh & Singh, 2006;Zuraiq & Alshboul, 2019).…”

“…al., 2013;Nijat, Karimi & Monib, 2022;Robert, 2019;Singh & Singh, 2006;Zuraiq & Alshboul, 2019). Scholars believe that it is necessarily essential to look at how cohesive devices might enhance editorial texts' texture in persuasively constructing the writers' viewpoints since editorials remark in news sites must be meaningful and coordinated with readers (Leupold, Klinger & Jarren, 2018;Michael et. al., 2013;Robert, 2019).…”

The Grammatical Cohesion in Indonesian Paragraph

“…The studies of cohesion in Indonesian language has been explained in the literature review. The results of the cohesion studies in English including the works from Hameed (2008), Michael et al (2013), andBahazig (2016).…”