THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK The Organization of the Thesis
framework about cohesion is used in this thesis in analysing the construction of cohesion in ESLEFL writing. The purpose of this study is to investigate cohesive
devices used in different genres such as argumentative writing, descriptive writing, and expository writing composed by the learners and the relationship
between the use of cohesive devices and quality of their essays. The writer also expect that this research will help to identify students’ problem in using cohesive
devices, for instance, overuse or underuse of certain categories of cohesive devices, modify teaching writing and incorporate a more precise plan for teaching
the appropriate use of cohesive devices. The next research is a thesis by
Handayani 2012 entitled “The Discourse Analysis on Alice Brown’s the Cry Fairy”. The object of this research is narrative
text entitled The Cry Fairy by Alice Brown. It tells about Gillibloom as the main character that invites other fairies to learn how to cry. The theory used in this
thesis is Halliday and Hasan’ theory of cohesion. This thesis is held to find out grammatical and lexical cohesion applied in The Cry Fairy. It elucidates how
lexical chain describes texture within chain interaction, and also to find out what context applied in The Cry Fairy is.
The first research conducted by Zhang 2004 gives some points and helps the writer to collect data. Even more, this research helps to find out an appropriate
method for analyzing the data by his research methodology. The second research, conducted by Ghasemi 2013 sheds a light to the writer to analyse a particular
type of writing genre by finding the use and the relationship of cohesive devices in it. Moreover, both previous research conducted by Zhang and Ghasemi
provides the focus on how cohesive ties w ork on students’ writing genre and the
relationship between the use of cohesive devices and their writing quality. Furthermore, the last unpublished research conducted by Handayani 2012 helps
the writer to analyze narrative text and elucidates the way that chain or even texture work on narrative text. Thus, related to the present thesis, this research
employs discourse analysis approach and uses Halliday and Hasan cohesion theory as a framework in analyzing coherence and cohesion as well as other