Conjunctive Relations: How Do They Describe The Students Academic Writing Quality?

Abstract

This research investigates conjunctive relations in the writing of fourth- semester students at Universitas PGRI Semarang. In this case, the student's essay, particularly the cause-and-effect essay, is examined for conjunctive relations using Halliday and Matthiessen's theory. The purpose of this study is to find out variety that relates to the quality of cause and effect essay written by the fourth semester students academic writing to the use of conjunctive relation. Halliday classifies conjunctions into five categories: additive, adversative, causal, continuative, and temporal. Researchers conduct qualitative research based on the type of data being analyzed, which is presented in words rather than numbers. In addition to the theory and research methods examined by the researcher in accordance with qualitative data. The study's findings show that cause and effect essays are frequently used by academic writing students. The essay distinguishes five types of conjunctive relations: additive, adversative, causal, temporal, and continuative. The most common conjunctive in the academic writing of students in the fourth semester of the English Education Study Program at Universitas PGRI Semarang for the 2022/2023 academic year is the type of causal relation. This research means that the conjunctive relation used by students academic writing in cause and effect essays are appropriate. Specifically, the dominant use of causeal conjunctions.