THE ANALYSIS OF LEXICAL COHESION ON ACADEMIC TEXT OF IELTS READING PASSAGES AND ITS IMPLICATION FOR ENGLISH TEACHING

Abstract

The purpose of this research is to find out the types and the dominant items of lexical cohesion on the academic Reading passages of IELTS. This research was conducted in Descriptive Qualitative method The subject of the research is Reading passage of IELTS 16. The object of the research is the lexical cohesion that was found in the text. The analysis showed that kinds of lexical cohesion that was found are Repetition, Synonymy, Antonym, Hyponym, Meronym, and Collocation. The results indicated that the highest amounts of lexical cohesion appeared in the text was collocation (25 items) and repetition (19 items) . It means that the academic texts of IELTS were complex and adjustable with the daily basis since it depends on the common issues that served globally.. This academic text is really recommended to be utilized by the teacher in english learning and pedagogically it is helpful for students in order to enhance the words skill in basic English