Students’ rhetorical structure mastery of the finding and discussion section in English thesis

Syafryadin Syafryadin; Alamsyah  Harahap; Annisa  Astrid; Imam Sudarmaji

doi:10.21070/jees.v7i1.1643

(1) * Syafryadin Syafryadin Postgraduate Program of English Education, Faculty of Teacher Training and Education, University of Bengkulu
Indonesia
(2) Alamsyah Harahap Postgraduate Program of English Education, Faculty of Teacher Training and Education, University of Bengkulu
Indonesia
(3) Annisa Astrid UIN Raden Fatah Palembang
Indonesia
(4) Imam Sudarmaji Universitas Islam Syekh-Yusuf
Indonesia
(*) Corresponding Author

DOI: https://doi.org/10.21070/jees.v7i1.1643

Abstract

This study aimed to determine the rhetorical structure of the finding and discussion chapters on the thesis and their problems. This study applied a mixed method. The sample of this research was 30 parts of the finding and discussion of the theses of Bengkulu University English Education postgraduate 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. 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.

HIGHLIGHTS :

Rhetorical structure mastery in Findings of Thesis was categorized as high.
Rhetorical structure mastery in Discussion of Thesis was categorized as medium.
Several students faced challenges in mastering rhetorical structure of findings and discussion,
especially interpretation, rhetorical structure, and discussion of findings.

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Author Biographies

Syafryadin Syafryadin, Postgraduate Program of English Education, Faculty of Teacher Training and Education, University of Bengkulu

Syafryadin is one of the postgraduate program of English Education lecturers in University of Bengkulu.
His research interests are English language teaching, speaking, ICT and ELT. He has published many
articles in national accredited journals and International reputable journals. He also published several
books and presented research in national and international conference.

Alamsyah Harahap, Postgraduate Program of English Education, Faculty of Teacher Training and Education, University of Bengkulu

Alamasyah Harahap is one of the postgraduate program of English Education lecturers in University of
Bengkulu. His research interests are English Language Teaching and English classroom interaction. He
has published many articles in national accredited journals and International journals.

Annisa Astrid, UIN Raden Fatah Palembang

Annisa Astrid is one of English lecturers in UIN Raden Fatah Palembang, Palembang, South Sumatra. Her
research insterests are Writing and English language teaching. She has published many articles in
national and international journals. She has been speaker in local, national and international conference.

Imam Sudarmaji, Universitas Islam Syekh-Yusuf

Imam Sudarmaji is a lecturer at Universitas Islam Syekh Yusuf (UNS) Tangerang. In 2019-
2021, he was the Vice Dean of Faculty of Teacher Training and Education of UNIS. Currently,
he is the secretary at SPI (Satuan Pengawas Internal) UNIS. His research interests are English
language Teaching and applied linguistics.

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