Analysis Types of Thematic Progression On Undergraduated Students’ Writing Thesis Proposal

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10.2991/978-2-38476-124-1_6How to use a DOI?

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Thematic Progression; students writing thesis proposal; cohesive and coherence

Abstract

In a work of advanced writing with a wide range of purposes, thematic progression—which helps to the cohesive and coherence of a text—is crucial. A writing’s degree of coherence and cohesion may be evaluated by considering thematic progressions. Due to the important aspects to determine a good writing, this study aims to anayze types of thematic progression found on undergraduate students’ writing thesis proposal. The data of this research taken from 9 students’ text background of their thesis proposal by using purposive sampling. Data were analyzed by coding, specifying, and comparing. The collected data was analyzed based on the theory of thematic progression pattern by Eggins and paltridge. The study was descriptive study. The results of this study indicates that; first, there are three types of thematic progressions pattern on students’ writing, they are: Reiteration patterns with 77 or 52%, zigzag patterns with 61 or 41%, and multiple patterns with 10 or 7%. It indicates that Reiteration pattern most dominantly used on students writing thesis proposal.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Nurul Mahfuza
AU  - Muhd. Al Hafizh
PY  - 2023
DA  - 2023/10/24
TI  - Analysis Types of Thematic Progression On Undergraduated Students’ Writing Thesis Proposal
BT  - Proceedings of the Eleventh International Conference on Languages and Arts (ICLA 2022)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 34
EP  - 42
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-2-38476-124-1_6
DO  - 10.2991/978-2-38476-124-1_6
ID  - Mahfuza2023
ER  -