Conjunctions in students’ argumentative essay of english language teaching departments of Universitas Islam Negeri Maulana Malik Ibrahim Malang
Abstract
The conjunction is part of the grammar used for a phrase or word clause in a sentence. The conjunctions represent the type of general connection readers know between sentences and conjunctions as a means of making text. The conjunctions have types, functions and errors that are used to write text. Therefore, this study aims to analyze the conjunction, specifically the types of conjunctions, functions of conjunction, and the errors of conjunction found in argumentative essays by students UIN Maulana Malik Ibrahim Malang in English Language Education. The researcher can conclude the types of conjunctions they mostly used in writing essays. Furthermore, the researcher used a qualitative descriptive approach because the data collected was in the form of essays written by students of UIN Maulana Malik Ibrahim Malang. In collecting data, researchers identify the conjunctions by giving underscores, making a list of the conjunctions that appear in the essay, and classifying each conjunction consisting of types, functions, and errors in using conjunctions. After analyzing the data, the authors find four types of the conjunctions proposed by Halliday (2014), namely; additive, adversative, causal, and temporal conjunctions. This research shows that all types of the conjunctions are found in essays. The types of causal conjunctions, especially in conjunction because most often appear in the essay, followed by temporal conjunctions, adversative conjunctions, and additive conjunctions. The function of conjunctions is also found based on each type of conjunctions. In addition, researchers found two errors in writing conjunctions. The mistake written by students is to use conjunctions and. The finding of this research can be used a reference to understand more comprehensively about the variety of the use of conjunction in several other contexts.
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