Cohesion Analysis on Recount Texts in The English Textbook of Senior High School Grade X

The objectives of this research are to identify the types of cohesion and to explain the occurring types of cohesion in terms of compatibility as language inputs in 4 recount texts in the English textbook of senior high school grade X” by Education and Culture Ministry of the Republic of Indonesia.This study applied qualitative method. The data were in the form of sentences and were collected by note taking. The instrument was the researcher herself. The data were analyzed using the categorization of cohesion, namely grammatical and lexical cohesion proposed by Halliday and Hasan. Trustworthiness was achieved by employing investigator triangulation. The findings showed that the 4 recount texts in the textbook contain grammatical and lexical cohesion devices include reference, substitution, ellipsis, conjunction, reiteration, and collocation. Reiteration appeared to be the most frequent types of all subcategories of cohesion. The texts are included into the highly cohesive texts. In  the context of language teaching, the researcher suggested that teachers should be able to use of their knowledge about cohesion in selecting the texts as teaching materials. Teachers are also suggested to be able to adapt texts with high cohesion to facilitate comprehension