Expressions In Writing Text ‘My Village Is Wonderful’ By Students Of Grade X SMK Triatma Jaya Tabanan

Abstract

The research aims to increase students’ sense of pride of their village by describing how wonderful the village is. Data taken from students at grade X of SMK Triatma Jaya Tabanan piece of writing with the topic 'My village is wonderful'.  This topic is chosen based on real situation in the village which is actually an area that has been familiar so far and making it easier to express ideas. The use of hardcopy dictionary is allowed but translation application is prohibited. Researcher followed qualitative approach and observed five aspects including (a) suitability of the theme, (b) connectedness of the theme-rheme, (c) integrity of information, (d) use of cohesive devices, and (e) avoiding excessive repetition. The study found out two conclusions, namely (i) The text my village is wonderful has been produced by most students where each student able to describe their respective villages in line with suggested theme. The suitability of the theme indicates the students focus and attention in following instructions. For the theme rheme connection, it appears that the chosen theme is supported by rheme to elaboration it, even though most sentences are simple with an S-P-(O) structure. The simplicity of the structure displays complete information that is easy for readers to understand. (ii) Second, the use of cohesion and avoiding repetition need more practiced. The cohesion used is very limited to and, also, but and so as a means of adding information, contrastive and cause and effect. The use of repetition is quite prominent, for example ‘my village’ appears in most subject sentence. Briefly, it can be stated that students have no problem in choosing ideas according to the theme, explaining it with rhemes and stating into complete information. However, the skills of using conjunctions and word variations need more attention.