The Ability of PBI Students in Using Transition Signals in Paragraph Writing

Transition signal is one of the main important things in composing a coherent paragraph; in fact, many students still feel struggle to apply them in their writing. Based on this issue, the researcher eagerly conducted the research that focuses on students’ ability in applying transition signals in paragraph writing and their difficulties. In this research, quantitative was used as research design because it focuses on score and percentage of data collection. Furthermore, the population was the fifth-semester students at English Language Education Department of UIN Ar-Raniry. Then, the researcher took unit 7 as the sample by using purposive sampling. The data were obtained through writing test and questionnaire. The result of this finding showed that the average of students’ writing score was 80. It indicated that the students of unit 7 at fifth-semester students of English Language Education Department are very good in using transition signal in paragraph writing. However, the students faced some difficulties in applying them that related to knowledge about transition signal and content problem