Proceedings of the Tenth International Conference on Languages and Arts (ICLA 2021)

An Analysis of Coherence in Writing Essay Written by Students at Universitas Negeri Padang

Authors
Reni Septiwan1, *, Muhammad Al Hafizh1
1English Department, FBS UniversitasNegeri Padang, Padang, Sumatra Barat 25131, Indonesia
*Corresponding author. Email: reniseptiwan059@gmail.com
Corresponding Author
Reni Septiwan
Available Online 30 November 2021.
DOI
10.2991/assehr.k.211129.022How to use a DOI?
Keywords
Coherence; Essay; Writing
Abstract

In writing, the students have to consider the coherence especially in writing essay. It aims to avoid misunderstanding in reading an essay. Appropriate the coherence has an important role in writing. Based on the explanation above, this study had a goal to find out the coherence in writing essay that written by English education undergraduate students at Universitas Negeri Padang. Furthermore, source of data of this study was students’ essay that written as an mid exam in teaching and learning process. This study was an descriptive research to describe the coherence in writing essay that written by the students at Universitas Negeri Padang. The document was used to find out the the coherence in writing essay that written by at Universitas Negeri Padang. As a result of the study, the analysis related to the coherence in writing essay was identified and classified based on several indicators. To determine the coherence of writing essay, it consisted of repitition of key nouns, the use of consistent pronouns, the use of transition signals, and logical order.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the Tenth International Conference on Languages and Arts (ICLA 2021)
Series
Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
30 November 2021
ISBN
978-94-6239-470-4
ISSN
2352-5398
DOI
10.2991/assehr.k.211129.022How to use a DOI?
Copyright
© 2021 The Authors. Published by Atlantis Press SARL.
Open Access
This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC license.

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