The Realization of Thematic Progression in the Students’ Final Project Proposal

Abstract

--- The use of thematic progression seems important to be applied for among the students’ writing projects to maximize the script’s organization. This research reported how the realization of thematic progression model to achieve both cohesion and coherence. This study was qualitatively designed to inform these three models of thematic progression as the units of the analysis: 1) constant theme; 2) linier theme, and 3) multiple theme which they were realized in single text of students’ projects. The data analysis was taken from 20 manuscripts of the English students in UIN Walisongo in Academic Year 2019/2020. The findings then showed that the most realization of thematic progression in the students’ final project proposal was constant theme, it occurred 248 times, linier theme was 183 times, and multiple theme was only 57 occurrences. Those occurrences represented that the text was well-organized to realize the concept of coherence and cohesion.