Problems of Indonesian EFL Students in Writing Thesis in the Field of English Education

Syayid Sandi Sukandi, Dian Rianita

2018

Abstract

Context of this research is thesis writing in the level of bachelor’s degree in the field of English Education. This research used total sampling. The number of questionnaires returned was 95 questionnaires of the total number of expected questionnaires. Respondents were categorized into two groups: 1) quantitative research group (QRG-1); 2) qualitative research group (QRG-2). Findings of this research were divided into three items: 1) most problematic; 2) problematic; 3) less problematic. Findings show that the most problematic item for QRG-1 is finding sources (30.43%); meanwhile, starting the thesis or idea (21.13%) is most problematic item for QRG-2. Problematic items in QRG-1 have three items with equal percentage: 1) developing ideas in writing (16.67%); 2) typing in wrong spelling (16.67%); 3) analyzing data (16.67%). On the contrary, problematic item for QRG-2 is finding sources (19.72%). Less problematic item for first group is organizing ideas in writing (21.74%); meanwhile, less problematic item for second group is writing in correct grammar (21.13%). In this research, EFL students’ problems in writing thesis are basically different individually; however, this condition is largely influenced by their perception on thesis writing and how process approach rather than product approach should be implemented to them

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Sukandi S. and Rianita D. (2018). Problems of Indonesian EFL Students in Writing Thesis in the Field of English Education. In Proceedings of the 1st Bandung English Language Teaching International Conference - Volume 1: BELTIC, ISBN 978-989-758-416-9, pages 448-459. DOI: 10.5220/0008220000002284

in Bibtex Style

@conference{beltic18,
author={Syayid Sandi Sukandi and Dian Rianita},
title={Problems of Indonesian EFL Students in Writing Thesis in the Field of English Education},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 1st Bandung English Language Teaching International Conference - Volume 1: BELTIC,},
year={2018},
pages={448-459},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0008220000002284},
isbn={978-989-758-416-9},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 1st Bandung English Language Teaching International Conference - Volume 1: BELTIC,
TI - Problems of Indonesian EFL Students in Writing Thesis in the Field of English Education
SN - 978-989-758-416-9
AU - Sukandi S.
AU - Rianita D.
PY - 2018
SP - 448
EP - 459
DO - 10.5220/0008220000002284