Volume 07 Issue 06 June 2024
1Nurlyanti Wulandari Karim,2 Syamsiarna Nappu,3 Erwin Akib
1,2,3Master of English Education, Universitas Muhammadiyah Makassar, Indonesia
DOI : https://doi.org/10.47191/ijsshr/v7-i06-61Google Scholar Download Pdf
ABSTRACT
Nurlyanti Wulandari Karim, 2024. “An analysis of English Paragraph Development Made By The Third Semester Students of English Education at Universitas Muhammadiyah Makassar”. Supervised by Syamsyiarna Nappu and Erwin Akib. This research aimed at explore the students paragraph development in terms of coherence and cohesion in writing argumentative essays. The participants of this research were nine students of third semester at Universitas Muhammadiyah Makassar. This research applied a quantitative descriptive design. The data collection techniques were lecturer’s document. Meanwhile, the data analysis techniques used descriptive quantitative for analyzing the paragraph development in terms of coherence and cohesion. The findings of this research described as follows; (1) In terms of coherence, the average score of students’ paragraph development in coherence is 2.91. (2) Furthermore, the average score of students’ paragraph development in cohesion is 2.75. (3). It can be concluded that the paragraph development from students’ in writing argumentative essays in terms of coherence and cohesion are a little competent and the factors that make it difficult for someone to write a paragraph, such as lack of structure, limited vocabulary, improper grammar, or difficulty developing ideas clearly. These factors require preparation before starting to write a paragraph, including identifying the topic, planning the paragraph structure, gathering supporting information, and preparing connecting words
KEYWORDS:Paragraph Development, Coherence, Cohesions, and Argumentative Essays.
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