Syafryadin, Syafryadin and Alamsyah, Harahap and Annisa Astrid, Nisa and Imam, Sudarmaji (2022) Students’ rhetorical structure mastery of the finding and discussion section in English thesis. RESEARCH ARTICLE published: 7th March 2022, 7 (1).
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Abstract
This study aimed to determine the rhetorical structure of the finding and discussion chapters on the thesis and their problems. Framed within a mixed method design, the sample of this research was 30 parts of the finding and discussion of the theses of English Education postgraduate program students who graduated from 2019 to 2020. This study used a checklist as a research instrument. The data obtained were analyzed qualitatively by applying several stages such as data reduction, data presentation and drawing conclusions, while quantitative data were obtained through SPSS by using symetric measures. The results indicated that students' mastery of rhetorical structures, especially in the finding and discussion section, is categorized as high and medium, where in the finding section, the average value of students was 41 which is categorized as high, while the average value in the discussion section is 37 which is included in the medium category. The next finding was that some students had difficulty in writing the finding and discussion chapters. These problems included analyzing data, interpreting data, writing discussion sections, incomplete rhetorical structures in writing, mastery of English including vocabulary and grammar, writing the evaluation section in the discussion, coherence and cohesiveness in writing and personal problems. In short, student’ mastery of rethorical structure in finding and discussion section were high and moderate. Keywords: Rhetorical structure, findings section, discussion section, difficulty
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Subjects: | 300 Ilmu sosial, Sosiologi dan Antropologi > 370 Pendidikan > Aspek sosial dari pendidikan |
| Depositing User: | Annisa Astrid - |
| Date Deposited: | 19 Jan 2023 02:57 |
| Last Modified: | 19 Jan 2023 02:57 |
| URI: | http://repository.radenfatah.ac.id/id/eprint/24672 |
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