Paragraph and Its Development Pattern On The Essay Writing Of Elementary School Students

Authors

  • Herman Budiyono Indonesian Language and Literature Education FKIP Jambi University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22437/ijolte.v4i2.11214

Abstract

This study aimed to describe the quality of the paragraph and its development pattern in the essay writing of elementary school (Sekolah Dasar – SD) students in Jambi City (Kota Jambi – KJ) (SD-KJ). This study utilized a "quantitative descriptive" design. The population was all essays written by the fifth-grade students of SD-KJ. The sample of this research was 35 paragraphs from the essay writing of the fifth-grade students of SD-KJ. The data analysis steps were searching for frequency distribution of paragraph quality and development pattern; grouping the paragraph frequency distribution according to their quality; counting the percentage of each paragraph quality and type of development pattern; and presenting the results. Regarding to paragraph quality, the results are: (1) paragraph completeness, good (5.71%), poor (68.57%), and bad (25.70%); (2) paragraph unity, good (34.58%); poor (51.42%); and bad (14.28%); (3) paragraph order, good (28.57%); poor (51.42%); and bad (20%); and (4) paragraph coherence, good (54.28%); poor (34.28%); and bad (11.42%). Reffering to the implementation of the paragraph development pattern, the results are paragraph development pattern of comparison and contradiction: 20%, analogy: 5.71%, giving examples: 8.57%, cause and effect: 48.57%; general-specific or specific-general: 11.42%, and classification: 5.71%.

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Published

2020-12-14

How to Cite

Budiyono, H. (2020). Paragraph and Its Development Pattern On The Essay Writing Of Elementary School Students . International Journal of Language Teaching and Education, 4(2), 96-108. https://doi.org/10.22437/ijolte.v4i2.11214