Judul Skripsi : An Analysis of Students' Transition Signal in Essay Writing in the Fifth Semester of Makassar Muhammadiyah University's English Department. Analyzing Students' Transitional Signal in Essay Writing at Fifth Semester of English Department Students of Makassar Muhammadiyah University. This research aimed to find out what transition signals students use in their essays in the fifth semester students of the English Department of Makassar Muhammadiyah University and what is the ability of students to use transition signals in their essays of the fifth semester students of the English Department of Makassar Muhammadiyah University.
The purpose of the test is to understand students' ability to use transition cues in students' essays. The subjects of this study were the students of the fifth semester of the Department of English Education, Faculty of Teacher Training and Education, Makassar Muhammadiyah University in academic year 2016/2017. This was due to the fact that the students did not know the use of a transition signal in writing an essay correctly.
Transitional Signal in Essay Writing in Fifth Semester of Emglish Department Students Makassar Muhammadiyah University”. Ummi Khaerati Syam, S.Pd., M.Pd., the Head of English Education Department in FKIP UNISMUH Makassar. Heartfelt thanks to all lectures from FKIP UNISMUH, especially to the lectures from English Department for their guidance during her studies.
INTRODUCTION
- Problem Statements
- Research Objective
- Significance of the Research
- Scope of the Research
Yolanda (2011) found about her dissertation titled "The Analysis of English Department Students' Ability in Using Transition Signals at Padang State University". The finding is indicated by the fact that the students made a mistake by placing transitions in a paragraph; write sentences given by transition, and combine the sentences by adding transitions, the last; many of them ignore the use of commas when placing transitions. Hartati (2006) conducted the research entitled "The Students' Ability of Use Transition Signals as Sentence Connectors in Paragraph". It was found that the students' moderate performance in using transition signals as sentence connectors in paragraph is probably due to several factors.
Second, students may not be able to understand the materials explained by the teacher. Finally, students rarely read English texts such as English newspapers, magazines, and Internet articles, as they can help students understand the use of transition signals as sentence connectors in a paragraph. Muqsitur (2005) conducted a research on “Students' ability to use transition signals of grade nine at MTsNBanjar Selatan 2nd academic year.
The result of this research shows that the students' ability in using transition signals is in the fair category, which means that the student's ability in using transition signals is not good enough, they have made many errors and mistakes in using transition signals. Based on the interpretation of some previous studies above, the writer concludes that some researchers found that students did not know how to use transitive signal well, this happened because students do not understand well the use of transitive signals that are used as sentence connectors. The writer also concludes that the mistakes made by the students are due to the inappropriateness of the choice of signals.
Some researchers also find that students' ability to use Transition signal will affect students' writing ability. What transition signals are used by the students in their essay sthe Fifth Semester Students English Department in Muhammadiyah University of Makassar. To find out what transition signals are used by the students in their essays by the students of the fifth semester English department in Muhammadiyah University of Makassar.
To find out how the students' ability in using transition signals in their essays by the fifth semester students of English Department in Makassar University of Makassar. The researcher will focus on analyzing transition signals as sentence connectors (Transition phrases: such as, not only, first of all, generally, especially, on the other hand, for example, although, as well as, first, second and adverbial conjunctions: besides, however, although, also, therefore, Moreover, so, then, than) and sentence connectors (Coordinating conjunctions: or, but, however, and, nor, for and Subordinating conjunctions: as , if, so, because, where, which, that, who, when) in descriptive text.
REVIEW RELATED LITERATURE
Concept of Transition Signal
Oshima and Hogue (1998:44) state that transitional signals such as first, second, next, finally, therefore, and however or sentences as a conclusion, on the other hand and as a result. Transition signal means conjunction or sentences that use in writing to make the sentence and paragraph more coherent and easier. Think of transition signals as traffic signs that tell the reader to go forward, turn, slow down and stop.
Then” or “After a while” or “In the beginning” which help introduce each new action in the sequence. Oshima and Hogue (1998:44) argue that transition signals can be divided into the three groups: sentence connectors (including transitional sentences and conjunctive adverbs), sentence connectors (including coordinating conjunction and subordinate conjunction), and a mixed group called “others.” ”. They may appear in the middle (normally following the subject) or at the end of sentences.
For example, the Batlik Sea in Northern Europe is only a quarter as long as the Red Sea in the Middle East. Or at the end of the sentence and separated by a comma. a) Additionally, the runoff created by melting snow adds a significant amount of fresh water to dilute the salty seawater. Linking adverbs are also often used with a semicolon and comma to join two independent clauses to form a compound sentence. a).
In warm climates, water evaporates quickly, so the concentration of salt is higher. b) The company's sales increased last year, but the profit did not decrease. Five coordinating conjunctions (plus two additional ones, for and nor) are used with a comma to join two independent clauses into a compound sentence. a) Father washes the car, cleans it. These words (and many others, including because, when, and so) introduce a dependent clause that is linked to an independent clause to form a complex sentence.
If the dependent clause comes before the independent clause, come after it. a) Although the company's sales increased last year, its non-profit decreased. The transitive signal in this group includes adjectives such as additional, prepositions such as despite, and nouns such as example.
Conceptual Framework
RESEARCH METHOD
- Population and Sample
- Research Variable and Indicator
- The Procedure of Collecting Data
- Technique of Data Analysis
This part discusses about the students' ability to use sentence conjunctions and clause conjunctions of transition signal based on the students'. In sentence connections, there were 54 correct uses of transition signal based on the students' essay. In clause conjunctions, there were 298 correct uses of transition signal based on the students' essay.
Thus, the researcher concludes that the students' ability to use transition signal was given excellent criteria. Giving an example using a sentence connector such as 'for example' is mostly used correctly in the students' essays, and there is no incorrect use. Showing chronological order by using sentence connector like 'the first' is mostly used in the students' essays, but it is misused 10 times.
To compare using clause conjunction such as 'and' is mostly used correctly in the students' essays, but there are 9 incorrect uses. Contrasting using clause conjunction like 'but' is mostly used in the students' essays. Introducing a cause/reason using clause conjunction such as 'for and as' is mostly used correctly in the students' essays, and there is no one making a mistake.
Introducing an effect/result using clause conjunction such as 'so' is mostly used correctly in the students' essays. Showing an alternative by using clause conjunction such as 'or' is mostly used correctly in the students' essays, and there is no incorrect usage. Students' ability to use transition signals is scored by the correct number of transition signals used divided by the use of transition signal time 100%.
On the other hand, students' ability to use clause connectors is shown with a score of 91%. The highest frequency of the transition signal type clause connector made by the students was "and" which was used seventy-six times in the students' essay.
FINDINGS AND DISCUSSION
Discussion
The transition signal used by students is 'besides, also, but, still, instead of, therefore, so, for example, third, first, second, than, then, that, last, in other words, and, but, though, although, though, while, for, because, as, so, after, as, before, when, while, until, or and if'. The transition signal shows that introducing an additional idea using a sentence connector such as 'also' is used mostly correctly by students. To identify or clarify using a sentence connector such as "in other words" is used with students.
The students' percentage of correct numbers is scored based on the score classification in Chapter 3. This is due to the fact that most students use a sentence connector such as 'also, for example, then, then and that', which are usually correct . This was due to the fact that most students used a sentence connector such as 'and, for, as, so, orand if', which are largely correct.
Based on the data described in the previous chapter, the researcher could draw a conclusion that most of the students of the academic year Muhammadiyah University of Makassar had a reasonable ability to use transition signal aspects that the fifth semester students English Department University of Makassar in the use of sentence connectors and clause connectors in essay writing. The highest frequency of the transition signal type of sentence connection made by students was "also" which was used twelve times in the students' essay. The lecturer must be creative in teaching English and make students comfortable in class.
Students' Proficiency in Using Grade Nine Transition Signals in MTsNBanjar Selatan 2 Academic Year 2015/2016. 2013.Eleventh grade students' proficiency in using transitive signal as sentence connector in paragraph in Man Selat Kapuas Regency Academy Year.
CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION
Suggestion
Iin, 2014.correlation between student's vocabulary mastery and their reading comprehension ability in learning English at SMA Muhammadiyah 1 Unismuh Makassar.Dissertation unpublished.
