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hortatory which are different slightly in the way they deliver the last stage of generic structure. In this study, expositions refer to both analytical and
hortatory expositions included in the Senior High School National Examinations from 2006 to 2014.
1.7 Organization of the Paper
This study pictures an exploratory case study which encompasses five chapters. Chapter 1 elaborates the background of the study. The chapter also contains
research questions, aims of the study, scope of the study, significance of the study, clarification of the main terms, and the organization of the paper. Chapter 2 discusses
the underlying theories of this study. The discussion goes through the literature of systemic functional linguistics, expositions, and process types transitivity system.
Chapter 3 gives a clear exposure about how the study is undertaken. It describes a conceptual framework consisting research direction, research design, data collection,
and data analysis techniques. Chapter 4 presents the findings of the analysis and
discussion of the findings. The findings and discussion are adjoined and formed three sections, i.e. the expositions, the processes, and the pedagogical implications. Chapter
5 presents the conclusion and recommendation based on the findings in Chapter 4. The conclusion states the answer to the research questions regarding the transitivity
system in the exposition texts. Meanwhile, the recommendation states several suggestions based on the findings of the analysis for both methodological and
practical purposes.
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CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHOD
This chapter elaborates the method employed in this study. The chapter comprises 1 Research Direction, 2 Research Design, 3 Data Collection Method,
and 4 Data Analysis Techniques. The research direction explains specifically what
this study attempts to learn or understand. The research design discusses the design and approach used in this study. The data collection presents the data type and the
data collection technique. The data analysis techniques elaborate the procedure of analyzing the data.
3.1 Research Direction
This study was conducted to analyze the types of processes commonly used in the Exposition texts as included in the Senior High School National Examinations
from 2006 to 2014. Generally, it reveals the dominant processes used in the texts being studied. Specifically, it discusses the analysis of each processes. Moreover, this
study also explores how the understanding of process types in Expositions has some pedagogical implications.
3.2 Research Design
The descriptive design is utilized in the study since this study is intended to describe the transitivity system in the data being analyzed. According to Heigham
and Crocker 2009 and Creswell 2012, the descriptive design is intended to collect, examine, analyze, describe and categorize textual data using interpretative analysis.
Moreover, the study uses a case-study design since the analysis provides detailed description of a defined entity, i.e. the National Examination’s texts. As has been
stated by Mackey and Gass 2005, that case study tends to provide detailed description of a defined individual or entity.
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In terms of analysis, SFG textual analysis method is used in this study. SFG textual analysis is used to examine a small scale and single case phenomenon,
generate a qualitative data, and provide an interpretive analysis of that data Emilia, 2008.
3.3 Data Collection
