ASPEK WACANA DALAM CERITA ANAK BERBAHASA INGGRIS

Authors

  • Nur Fatimah
    nur_fatimah@uad.ac.id
    FKIP Universitas Ahmad Dahlan Yogyakarta, Indonesia

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This study aims to describe cohesive devices, discourse making elements, and children's characters in children's English stories. This study employed the microstructural and macrostructural discourse analysis. The data source was http:// www.britishcouncil.org/ kids/stories. The findings are as follows. First, the English
stories under study use cohesive devices such as references, substitutions, ellipses, and conjunctions. Second, the stories present positive descriptions of children, showing that they can get along well, are pleasant, are altruistic, are close to families and friends, have dynamic and creative activities, and can solve problems.