Analyzing the Background of Students’ Thesis Proposal at English Education of Universitas Muslim Nusantara Al-Washliyah Medan

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10.2991/assehr.k.211129.005How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Ability; Background; Thesis Proposal; Writing.

Abstract

Writing is one of the skills that have to be mastered by students in learning English, especially at the tertiary level. It is expected that the students are able to write the background of research problems since, as the first part of thesis proposal, it is very significant. This paper aimed to analyze the students’ ability to provide a background for a thesis proposal. The subjects of the research were English Department students of Universitas Muslim Nusantara Al-Washliyah Medan in academic year 2017/2018. The descriptive research design was utilized in this study to describe the students’ ability in composing the background of research problems. 10 backgrounds of research problems from different thesis proposals were chosen as the sources of the research. It consists of an opening paragraph, a gap, the reason of choosing the research topic, and the language used in writing the background of research problems. The students’ ability to compose the background of the thesis proposal was rated as “fair” in the study. The average result obtained by students was 60. It indicated that the students should improve their ability in composing the background of research problems.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Yulina Oktaviani Harahap
AU  - Hermawati Syarief
PY  - 2021
DA  - 2021/11/30
TI  - Analyzing the Background of Students’ Thesis Proposal at English Education of Universitas Muslim Nusantara Al-Washliyah Medan
BT  - Proceedings of the Tenth International Conference on Languages and Arts (ICLA 2021)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 25
EP  - 29
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.211129.005
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.211129.005
ID  - Harahap2021
ER  -