A TRANSITIVITY ANALYSIS OF GENRES IN THE TENTH GRADE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL TEXTBOOK DEVELOPING ENGLISH COMPETENCIES

Nazhirin, M. Khairun (2013) A TRANSITIVITY ANALYSIS OF GENRES IN THE TENTH GRADE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL TEXTBOOK DEVELOPING ENGLISH COMPETENCIES. S1 thesis, Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta.

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Abstract

This research is an attempt to analyze the transitivity of genres in senior high school textbook Developing English Competencies for Grade 10 based on Halliday’s theory of systemic functional linguistics, and to find out the factors affecting the analysis result and the benefit that can be gained. This research is expected to give an insight of understanding genres’ register features in comprehending texts to improve linguistic competence. This research study used two techniques: quantitative and qualitative. The quantitative technique presented the frequency of occurrences and the qualitative technique described or interpreted each type of process. The data were collected from the reading section in the textbook. The researcher’s knowledge of transitivity system was the key instrument. As supplementary tools of the instrument, forms of data sheet were used during the research analysis. Based on the result, there are six types of process found; (1) material process was found 116 times, (2) relational process was found 56 times, (3) mental process was used 28 times, (4) verbal process occurred 28 times, (5) behavioral process was found 8 times and (6) existential process was found 7 times in the analysis. The factor of curriculum influences the result in quality; the curriculum conveys the information to a textbook concerning the categorization of vocabulary. The factor of material sources influences the result in quantity, because there are different numbers of clauses among the genres. The benefit that can be gained are the transitivity of genre can stimulate the reading skills to comprehend the idea and information in a text, and the content enriches the knowledge of reading and writing skills that can be applied in spoken and written texts.

Item Type: Thesis (S1)
Uncontrolled Keywords: transitivity, genres
Subjects: Bahasa dan Sastra > Bahasa dan Sastra Inggris
Divisions: Fakultas Bahasa, Seni dan Budaya (FBSB) > Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris > Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris
Depositing User: Admin Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris FBS
Date Deposited: 01 Sep 2015 03:15
Last Modified: 30 Jan 2019 03:19
URI: http://eprints.uny.ac.id/id/eprint/25743

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