out? Are we matching our education to our workforce needs? Will there be enough good jobs to go around? Drop me a note at
editorusnews.com. And tell your kids to do their math homework. There are kinds of reiteration in these texts above. The phrase good
year paragraph one, career paragraph two, how paragraph two are words which are repeated twice. Good year, career, and how in these
sentences also refer to the same referent. So, they are called repetition. In the text, the writer also finds collocation. The prase best-paying and word
carreer usually occur together in a sentence. So, it is called collocation. The word thing paragraph three is very general. Its meaning is very
broad. So, it is called general word. The words engineering, computer science, or medical specialities paragraph three are related word whose
meanings are specific instances of top jobs. So, it can be concluded that top jobs is superordinate, because it is more general than its instances. The
word people paragraph four is general word because it has basically the same meaning of a more specific word, such as men, women,
girls, boys, etc. in those sentences above, the writer also finds a collocation in word workers paragraph four and companies paragraph
four that usually occur together in some contexts, such as industry, business, economy, etc. there is no lexical cohesion in paragraph five.
1.3. Degree of Cohesiveness in Text One
a. Paragraph one: medium degree.
In paragraph one, the writer finds five sentences. The first until the fourth paragraph are good in grammar and lexical cohesiveness. But, the
last sentence or the fifth sentence is fewer cohesive because the sentence “Our issue this month is here to help.” is not related to the previous
sentence “The recession may be over from a technical standpoint, but the bleak employment picture is a hangover we’re going to suffer through for
the rest of this year and into the next”. So, it is better to add a conjunction because of that.
b. Paragraph two: lower degree.
The second paragraph has two sentences. The writer finds the first sentence and second sentence is fewer cohesive. It still needs a conjunction
and. Besides that, there are many repetition of word how to in the second
sentence “We look at such essential topics as the best-paying careers; how
to market yourself in the internet dominated job search sector; the best
websites to use; how to get back into the workforce when you’ve taken time away; and how to find education alternatives to expand your
options.” It is better to combinate them as “We look at such essential
topics as the best-paying careers; how to market yourself in the internet dominated job search sector; the best websites to use; how to get back into
the workforce when you’ve taken time away and find education alternatives to expand your options.”
c. Paragraph three: higher degree.
Paragraph three consists of five sentences. They are good in grammar and lexical. Because of that, it is very easy to be understood by
the readers. d.
Paragraph four: medium degree. Paragraph four is the longest paragraph of all. It just needs an
additons to make it more cohesive. The writer adds a demonstrative reference “now” between the third sentence and fourth sentence. So it
becomes “As jobs start to trickle back into the market, they are sure to
require higher skill levels. Now, most companies are doing more work
with the fewer people, often because the best workers have become highly productive.”
e. Paragraph five: medium degree.
The writer adds a causality conjunction “so” in the last sentence of that paragraph, as follow: “So, drop me a note at editorusnews.com. And
tell your kids to do their math homework” because it is a conclusion of the fifth paragraph.
2. Text 2: Your Money and Your Government
