Detail The Analysis of Coherence Errors in The English Teacher Candidates' Short Essays: A Case Study at One of The Language Centers in Jakarta Bibliografi Author: Beda, Raimundus ; Halimi, Sisilia S. (Advisor) Topik: Coherence Errors Bahasa: (EN )     Penerbit: Applied English Linguistics Program Graduate School Atma Jaya Catholic University of Indonesia     Tempat Terbit: Jakarta    Tahun Terbit: 2004     Jenis: Theses - Master Thesis Fulltext: Raimundus Beda Master Theses.pdf (3.21MB; 40 download) Ketersediaan Perpustakaan PKBB Nomor Panggil: T 71 Non-tandon: 1 (dapat dipinjam: 0) Tandon: tidak ada     Lihat Detail Induk Abstract The study of coherence errors was conducted by analyzing thirty-two short essays written by English teacher candidates at one of the Language Centers in Central Jakarta. This study was based on fact that within a limited time inexperienced writers have not produced short essays which meet certain requirements of writing skills. Using a case study, the writer tried to analyze the problems of the most common types of coherence errors committed by the English teacher candidates in writing their argumentative essays and to suggest what are possible reasons and solutions for the coherence errors. The theory of coherence explains that short essays are coherent when the components are relevant to their general topic (topical coherence); the propositions constituting short essays are related to each other (relational coherence); and the constitutive propositions are arranged in some effective order (sequential coherence). Topical coherence can be achieved through the understanding of the topic; relational coherence can be maintained through the understanding of linguistic elements; and sequential coherence can be achieved through the ability to organize and develop the ideas into paragraphs. The result of the study pointed out that the most common coherence errors were found in topical coherence (moves and disunifying topics) which had 41,26% frequency of occurrence. The second most errors dealt with relational {illogical connections, disharmony and ambiguity) and sequential coherence (illogical order, discontinuity, and misleading paragraph division). Both had the same percentage of errors (29.37%). Errors in topical coherence were due to the poor understanding of the ideas which resulted in inconsistency in the logic of argument. Errors in relational coherence resulted from the inability to use linguistic elements (connective devices or transitional markers) to connect one sentence/idea to another in the paragraph. Errors in sequential coherence were caused by lack of practice in organizing and developing the ideas. The findings gave us a real, actual and objective description that then candidates' writing skill performance was not quite satisfactory. In a view of the importance of writing skill in the globalization era, strategic and pragmatic measures need to be taken in order to solve the problems of coherence errors; such as directing English teaching at writing performance, providing more opportunities for learners to write in the classroom, and giving feedback on the learners' performance in writing so that they are motivated to write. Opini Anda Klik untuk menuliskan opini Anda tentang koleksi ini! Lihat Sejarah Pengadaan  Konversi Metadata   Kembali

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