GENRE ANALYSIS OF THE ENGLISH FINAL PROJECT ABSTRACTSWRITTEN BY THE STUDENTS OF ENGLISH EDUCATION DEPARTMENTOF IKIP PGRI SEMARANG

Wahyuni, Sri (2010) GENRE ANALYSIS OF THE ENGLISH FINAL PROJECT ABSTRACTSWRITTEN BY THE STUDENTS OF ENGLISH EDUCATION DEPARTMENTOF IKIP PGRI SEMARANG. Kajian Linguistik dan Sastra, 22 (2). pp. 146-156. ISSN 0852-9604, e-ISSN 2541-2558

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Abstract

This study is specifically focused on the student final project abstract based on genreanalysis which covers the study of the generic structure and the linguistic features. Thestatements of the study are: (1). How do the students of English Education Departmentof IKIP PGRI Semarang realize the generic structure in their final project abstracts (2).How do they realize the linguistic features in their final project abstracts, and (3). Whatis the contribution of the result of the study to the English Education Program of IKIPPGRI Semarang. The main purpose of this study is to find out the generic structure andlinguistic features of the final project abstracts and analyze the contribution of thisstudy to the English Department. This study applies the descriptive qualitative method.The object of this study is the final project abstracts written by English EducationDepartment students of ‘IKIP PGRI Semarang’. The total of 10 final projects formedthe data of this study. The data of the study were analyzed using the genre analysisapproach. The first step of data analysis was identifying the Moves which was done byusing Linguistic evidence and understanding the texts. The finding shows that onlysome of the final project abstracts made by the students of IKIP PGRI applied the fiveMoves. It is found that two Moves are applied in all abstracts, they are Purpose andMethod Moves (100%). Situating the research is used in five abstracts (50%). Mean-while the third move that is the Result Move used in eight abstracts (80%). The Conclu-sion Move found in five abstracts (50%). The result of the analysis showed that twopersonal pronouns were found in the final project abstracts. Personal pronouns such as‘the writer’ and ‘the researcher’ were found in all of the abstracts. Personal pronoun‘she’ was found in one abstract. Finally, there are only five expressions of hedges thatare used in the final project abstracts, they are modal auxiliary verbs, adjectival, ad-verbial, nominal and Approximators of degree. The suggestions toward this study are(1) The English lecturers should introduce how to create a meaningful text, particularlythe abstract as the representation of the research report in good structure for the stu-dents based on the theory of genre. (2) The lecturers should improve the teaching andlearning process relating to the improvement of academic writing, in this case lecturerswho in charge of teaching academic writing. (3) The final project supervisors shouldput a high concern of genre to be applied in writing the abstract of the final projectduring the supervision. (4) The English Education department should provide a preciseguideline for final project writing

Item Type:	Article
Subjects:	P Language and Literature > PE English
Divisions:	Fakultas Pendidikan Bahasa dan Seni > Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris
Depositing User:	dosen upgris semarang
Date Deposited:	09 Apr 2023 13:46
Last Modified:	09 Apr 2023 13:46
URI:	http://eprints.upgris.ac.id/id/eprint/1297

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