Exploring Challenges in Writing EFL Master Theses: Students and Supervisors' Perspectives

Autor/inn/en	Ebadi, Saman; Pourahmadi, Fereshteh
Titel	Exploring Challenges in Writing EFL Master Theses: Students and Supervisors' Perspectives
Quelle	In: Journal on English Language Teaching, 9 (2019) 2, S.42-51 (10 Seiten) PDF als Volltext (1); PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (2) Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2231-3338
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Graduate Students; Writing (Composition); Second Language Learning; English (Second Language); Masters Theses; Student Attitudes; Knowledge Level; Research Methodology; Academic Language; Research Design; Data Analysis; Student Research; Supervision; Iran + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Graduate Study; Student; Students; Aufbaustudium; Graduiertenstudium; Hauptstudium; Studentin; Schreibübung; Zweitsprachenerwerb; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Schülerverhalten; Wissensbasis; Research method; Forschungsmethode; Academic; Language; Languages; Akademiker; Sprache; Wissenschaftssprache; Forschungsdesign; Auswertung; Studentenforschung
Abstract	This study is intended to explore challenges in writing master theses from postgraduate English as Foreign Language (EFL) students' and supervisors' perspectives. To do so, 40 EFL postgraduate students and 10 supervisors were selected nonrandomly based on availability sampling from five major Iranian universities. Qualitative data were gathered via semistructured interviews the results of which were analyzed by utilizing thematic analysis. The findings revealed a number of main challenges faced by postgraduate students in writing master theses as reported by supervisors and the students themselves, some of which were common challenges for both groups. The main common challenge reported by both the students and supervisors was the students' lack of research knowledge including the inability to write academically using academic vocabularies, lack of research design knowledge such as analyzing data by SPSS software and choosing a researchable topic. Implications of the study for universities, EFL postgraduate students, and their supervisors are discussed in this study. (As Provided).
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