WRITTEN BY TENTH GRADE STUDENTS AT SMK PAB 5 KLAMBIR LIMA

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  • Mutiara Nur Fajrin Universitas Negeri Medan
  • Masitowarni Siregar Universitas Negeri Medan

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24114/genre.v10i4.36079

Abstract

This study analyzed the Theme-Rheme system and the exchange of Theme
and Rheme which called as Thematic Progression in studets™ writing. The main
purpose of this study was to find out the Theme types and Thematic Progression
patterns applied in students™ writing. The research design in this study was
qualitative. This study described how students develop recount text about their
personal experience. The researcher devided the subjects of this study into male
and female group which taken from students of SMK PAB 5 Klambir Lima. The
data was collected through assigning the students to write a recount text genre.
The results showed that the most applied Theme were Topical themes which act
as participant or actor of the clause. The second Theme were Textual themes
which act as conjunction in the clause. The last which also the least Theme were
Interpersonal Themes. The Interpersonal theme applied by students were the
elements of comment adjunct and mood adjunct. Thematic Progression which
proposed by Eggins (1994) has three pattern; Contant Theme, Simple Linear, and
Multipple Theme. The result in this study found there were only two patterns
found in students™ writing. The fisrt pattern was Constant Theme and the secodn
pattern was Simple Linear.

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Published

2022-06-27

Issue

Vol. 10 No. 4 (2021)

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