Deciding subject-verb agreement Using right articles

84 ANI SUSANA, 2012 Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia | repository.upi.edu No. Name Coherence and Cohesion SV TN AR PN CJ IP BP CP LW 1 R1 X V V V V V V V X 2 R2 V X X V V V V X V 3 R3 V X V V V V V V X 4 R4 X V V V V V V X V 5 R5 V X V V V V V V V 6 R6 V V V V X V V X V 7 R7 X V V V V V V V V 8 R8 V V X V V V V V V 9 R9 V V V V V V V X V ∑ 3 3 2 1 4 2 The table shows the students had problems with subject-verb agreement, tenses, articles, conjuntion, concluding paragraph, and linking words.

4.1.2.1 Deciding subject-verb agreement

R1, R4, and R7 still made mistakes. For instance, R1 wrote: • Meanwhile, the number of percentages of global wealth in these two regions are 30 and 24 respectively. PS: Meanwhile, the numbers of percentages of global wealth in these two regions are 30 and 24 respectively. R4 said : • On both of them is the lowest percentages … PS: Both of the countries had the lowest percentages of … • The number slightly decrease in India with 15. 85 ANI SUSANA, 2012 Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia | repository.upi.edu PS: In India, the number of … decreased, from … to 15. R7 wrote: • The region wich have small global wealth is India and Europe. PS: The regions that had small percentages of global wealth were India and Europe. 4.1.2.2 Using suitable tenses Related to tenses, R2 and R3 faced problems in using right tenses in their writings, such as R3 who wrote: • While the wealth was received by the people get 30 totally. Furthermore, Latin America Caribbean have opposite pattern to Europe; they have 7 population with almost 4 global wealth. PS: While the percentage of global wealth of the people there was 30 in total. Furthermore, Latin America and Caribbean had different pattern from Europe’s. They had 7 of population with almost 4 of global wealth. SR3 mixed the use of past and present tenses in her sentences, although the data referred to the same setting of time.

4.1.2.3 Using right articles

In using right articles, R2, R8, and R9 faced problems. They did not put articles where they should be inserted. In his introduction paragraph, R2 wrote: • The chart illustrates about number percentages of population and wealth distribution in some parts of the world. PS: The chart illustrates about the number of percentages of population and wealth distribution in some parts of the world. 86 ANI SUSANA, 2012 Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia | repository.upi.edu R8 stated: • The chart illustrates information about global population percentages and distribution of wealth in 8 regions. PS: The chart illustrates the information on global population and distribution of wealth percentages in eight regions in the world. R9 wrote: • The chart shows proportions of global popolation and distribution of wealth of eight regions in the world. PS: The chart shows the proportions of global population and distribution of wealth of eight regions in the world. 4.1.2.4 Making concluding paragraph R 2, R4, R6, and R6 still had problems with making concluding paragraph. They did not make any concluding sentences. For example, at the end of his writing R2 wrote: • And there were two countries with sama situation, China and India, China had 24 percentages of population but just had less 5 Global wealth; and India had 16 population yet had just 1 global wealth. R4 wrote: • In addition the chart seem if the percentages is dropp for all countries. The number slightly decrease in India with 15, but dramatically down on Africa with 105. The lowest percentages is Rich Asia-Pasific with 5. R6 wrote: • The other countries population and Global wealth in percentage are China 28, 4, other Asia-Pacific 16, 4, Latin America and Caribbean 7, 4 and Rich Asia-Pacific 5, 24. More important information is the two countries other Pacific and India have the same population, but they have different data about global wealth. 87 ANI SUSANA, 2012 Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia | repository.upi.edu R8 wrote: • According to the chart, nothing the same percentage both population and global wealth. The region wich have small global wealth is India and Europe. 4.1.2.5 Using linking words Not all students could use right linking words in their texts, R1 and R3 still made mistake. R1 wrote: • Subsequently, it is clearly seen that other five regions including China, India, Africa as well as Latin America Caribbean, on the other hand, have opposite situation compare to the previous regions. China, where they have more than 22 of population. PS: Subsequently, it is clearly seen that other five regions including China, India, Africa as well as Latin America Caribbean have opposite situation compared to the previous regions. China has more than 22 of global population. R3 wrote: • Contrary with China which have population involved almost 24 of world population achieved only approximately 3 of total wealth distribution in the world. PS: On the contrary, China that had almost 24 of world population achieved only approximately 3 of total global wealth.

4.1.3 In terms of Lexical Resource