DISCOURSE MARKERS ON ESSAY WRITING OF THE FIFTH SEMESTER STUDENTS OF ENGLISH DEPARTMENT OF KUTAI KARTANEGARA UNIVERSITY

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This study was intended to see what types of discourse markers found in essay writing made by of the fifth semester students of English Department of Kutai Kartanegara University in academic years 2013/2014. The subject of the study was 52
students of the fifth semester students of English Department. This study used an essay test to identify the types of discourse markers used in essay writing. A model of analysis consisting of three concurrent flows of activities: data reduction, data display and
conclusion drawing/verification was used to analyze the data. The analysis of the data discovered that the types of discourse markers found in essay writing of the fifth semester students of English Education Department University of Kutai Kartanegara in
academic years 2013/2014 were: discourse marker of connectives i.e. and and butdiscourse marker of cause and result, namely: because and so, and discourse marker of temporal, i.e. then.

Keywords: discourse, discourse marker, essay writing

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2016-05-28