Tesis

Indonesian EFL teachers’ writing strategies in academic writing whilst pursuing master degree abroad / Sheirly Octaviantoro Ayu Wijayanti

Abstrak
Writing a Master rsquo s thesis is one of the academic writing activities that Master rsquo s degree students dealt with. Master rsquo s degree students needed to possess good writing techniques or writing strategies to promote the production of high-quality work in English writing. This study aims to investigate the challenges faced by EFL teachers in the process writing of thesis and the writing strategies they employed when writing the thesis in universities abroad. The primary source of data for the study was the experiences of the three participants. Along with their own histories on each stage context and location a chronology of their experiences organising their writing time and managing their Master s thesis was required to be collected. In-depth interviews were used to extract the participant s lived experiences during the data collection process (Yulianti amp Mukminin 2021). In the interview sessions the participant will be asked about their experience regarding their writing strategies whilst pursuing Master degree and challenges they face. Six processes of Braun amp Clarke s (2006) thematic analysis was applied in this study From the findings above there are several discussions namely that there are several challenges faced by participants when writing on overseas campuses. There are several challenges faced by participants when writing a thesis abroad including academic and non-academic challenges. Academic challenges cover language challenges and content challenges whilst non-academic challenges cover supervisor and supervisee relationship time management mental and emotional challenges. Academic challenges include difficulty in grammar lack of knowledge about specific vocabulary and special terms in English and difficulty in suiting with native speakers writing style. In addition to language problems other non-academic problems can be mood swings or bad mood and emotional conditions when writing one of which is caused by changing research topics so that participants are less motivated. Then there are four types of strategies applied by participants to help them complete their thesis writing namely cognitive metacognitive affective and social strategies. In the cognitive aspect participants engaged in a number of activities including reading several articles from respectable international journals using the writing process to cover pre-writing drafting rewriting and writing the final thesis and creating a summary to develop a theoretical framework. In a metacognitive way students must use acceptable writing methods that will affect the quality of their work therefore they planned and organized their thesis writing activities including tracking or assessing their overall progress. In effective strategies the participants really utilized their motivation positive attitudes and emotions by working. The participants in social strategies demonstrate their alignment with their families and friends as a support system as well as an academic community by participating in a variety of learning processes which calls for them to be more cognizant of the significance of becoming recognized in a community. This study portrays writing challenges and strategies during thesis writing while studying in overseas Universities. The findings inform empirical evidence on the Master students rsquo experiences and writing strategies when writing thesis in overseas Universities. In shorts the challenges of thesis writing abroad cover both academic and nonacademic challenges. The academic challenges cover the difficulty in setting up the topic and novelty of research while the nonacademic challenges cover the ability to manage emotion mental and time as well as the ability to maintain good communication skills with the thesis supervisor.

Informasi Detail

DDC

Rt 421 WIJ i

Prodi

Universitas Negeri Malang. Program Studi Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris, 2025.

Deskripsi Fisik

xi, 67 lembar : ilus. ; 30 cm.

Bahasa

No Reg

00882/RT/25

Edisi

Tesis (Pascasarjana)--Universitas Negeri Malang. 2025

Subjek

1. BAHASA INGGRIS - MENULIS
2. ENGLISH LANGUAGE - WRITING

Pembimbing

1. Prof. Dr. Hj. Nur Mukminatien, M.pd; 2. Dr. Ahmad Heki Sujiatmoko, M.pd

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