Universitas Islam Nusantara
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Discourse Markers and Text Pattern of Organization in Teaching Reading Comprehension

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  • 1. Universitas Islam Nusantara

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The current study examined the use of discourse markers (DMs) and text pattern of organization (TPO) in teaching reading comprehension. It investigated the effectiveness of DMs and TPO to improve reading comprehension on Indonesian EFL students. Eighty male and female were selected using purposive sampling technique from two classes of a senior high school students, each class consists of 40 students. They were assigned into experimental and control groups. A pre-test was adminsitered to the groups. The experimental group received reading instruction and activities to help them recognize DMs such as enumerative (firstly, then, finally), additive (again, moreover), and TPO such as enumeration, comparison-contrast, while the control group received no treatment. After receiving the treatment, a post-test was administered. The statistical analysis indicates that the participants in the experimental group got better score than the participants in the control group. It means that DMs and text pattern of organization help Indonesian EFL students comprehend English text.

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