TRANSITIONAL WORDS USED BY THE STUDENTS IN THESIS BACKGROUND OF ENGLISH DEPARTMENT AT UNIVERSITY OF PGRI SUMATERA BARAT

Abstract

This study aims to analyze the accuracy of the use of transitional words in the background of the problems
in the student thesis. This research is motivated by the problem of using transitional words in writing. This
research is a qualitative descriptive study because the data collected is in the form of words using the
content analysis method. The source of this research data is the thesis of PGRI University students
graduating from the 2019/2020 academic year in the second period. Then, the data were analyzed using
the techniques of (1) reading/recording, (2) describing, (3) classifying, and (4) interpreting. The results of
this study found that some students used transitional words that matched the function and some students
used transitional words that didn't fit the function. From this study, it was found that there were 77
transitional words used by students from 18 documents (background of the problem on thesis), the types of
transitional words contained in 18 documents were To introduce an additional idea, To introduce an
opposite idea, To introduce contrast, To introduce an example or illustration, To indicate a consequence
or result, To introduce a restatement or explanation, To show cause and effect. Of the 77 transition words,
55 transitional words were found that were used correctly, and 22 transitional words were used incorrectly.