Textual Features of Undergraduate Thesis Abstracts of English Teacher Education Department Students of Sunan Ampel State Islamic University Surabaya

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Himmah, Elok Faiqotul (2018) Textual Features of Undergraduate Thesis Abstracts of English Teacher Education Department Students of Sunan Ampel State Islamic University Surabaya. Undergraduate thesis, UIN Sunan Ampel Surabaya.

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Abstract

Writing a good abstract is important because it is the first thing reader seek whenever they read thesis. To write a good abstract, textual features comprising development of ideas, organization and tense must be fulfilled. This research aims to know the fulfillment of textual features in undergraduate thesis abstract. Fifteen abstracts written by students of English Education Department 2017 were analyzed through close-reading. Then, it were examined based on set of criteria adapted from several resources. Researcher found that most of the abstracts have fulfilled the criteria of development of ideas and organization. In developing its ideas, all of the abstracts have successfully relate the ideas well and elaborate them, while abstracts ranging from 11 to 14 has an effective introduction, smooth transition between sentences, and clear overall point of view. On the other hand, the organization was fulfilled not only through the presence of method and result in all of the abstracts, but also through the appearance of introduction and purpose in 14 and 9 abstracts respectively. Although these two features are fulfilled, researcher also discovered that the appropriate use of tense are mostly not fulfilled. To make a good thesis abstracts, the researcher suggests the student to pay more attention on fulfilling these textual features.