期刊名称：ELT Forum: Journal of English Language Teaching
电子版ISSN：2252-6706
出版年度：2018
卷号：7
期号：2
页码：73-81
DOI：10.15294/elt.v7i2.28860
语种：English
出版社：Universitas Negeri Semarang
摘要：This final project focuses on the analysis of the generic structure and lexicogrammatical features of news item text found in the most viewed Voice of America Learning English videos in February 2016. The main purposes of this study are to identify how the construction of generic structure and significant lexico— grammatical features of news item are applied in Voice of America (VOA) Learning English videos based on news item text structure analysis. This study is descriptive qualitative research. The research data are the transcripts of ten most viewed videos sorted during February 2016. The result of analysis of the generic structure shows that all texts implemented the generic structure of news item text. All of them used the appropriate standard of generic structure of news item text stated by Gerot and Wignell. The result of analysis of the lexico-grammatical feature shows that all of the elements realized in the texts are well structured. All the texts have been arranged and written based on the complete requirements of lexico-grammatical feature of news item text stated by experts. However, the researcher found some deviations in the text related the use of generic structure and lexico-grammatical features of news item. Based on the explanation above, the researcher concludes that news item text found in Voice of America Learning English videos generally have completed standard generic structure and language features of news item tex.
关键词：Generic Structure; News Item; Voice Of America Learning English
