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that it is not a must to convey an idea through a complex sentence when one can say the same thing through more than one sentence, yet, in writing, very often, a
writer is supposed to convey certain information directly in a sentence to enhance coherence and to avoid repetitions Bramer Sedley, 1981.
This study, hence, is conducted in order to know how far they can implement their knowledge on Structure through five Structure classes in their Writing
subject given right after they finish Structure V class, which is Research Paper Writing. The study, more precisely, is expected to find out those students’ mastery
on complex sentences as shown in their Mid Test 1 research reports and describe what can be the students’ problems in producing the sentences.
B. Problem Formulation
The study has two main problems related to the Research Paper Writing students’ mastery of complex sentences. Those problems, then, can be formulated
as follows. 1. How is the students’ mastery of complex sentences as seen in their Mid Test
1 research reports? 2. What problems do the students face in producing complex sentences?
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C. Problem Limitation
The study focuses on complex sentences, containing noun clauses, adjective clauses, and adverb clauses. These complex sentences also include those
containing more than one dependent clause, which can be either of the same type of clause, or of different one. The study selects one Research Paper Writing class
of the 2010-2011 academic year of the English Education Study Programme of Sanata Dharma University to be the object of the research.
D. Research Objectives
The objective of the study is to examine or investigate the mastery of complex sentences of Research Paper Writing students of the English Education
Study Programme. By constructing this study, the writer intends to: 1. Describe Research Paper Writing students’ mastery of complex sentences in
writing their Mid Test 1 research reports 2. Describe the possible problems the students face in producing complex
sentences
E. Research Benefits
The findings of the study, hopefully, can be of assistance and contribution to: 1. Students
By learning from the analysis about parts of complex sentences in which students most often make mistakes, students can learn how to produce complex
sentences better. In addition, ultimately, this study intends to encourage students
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support the ideas they want to convey and those sentences can help improve the coherence and to avoid repetitions in writing.
2. TeachersLecturers This study will offer an improvement in teaching complex sentences. The
analysis of the difficult parts of complex sentences, besides giving benefits to students, also gives benefits to teachers. Realizing this, teachers are to pay more
attention to the teaching of those difficult parts.
3. Other researchers For other researchers, this study is aimed to become a starting point of better
research in the future by narrowing or broadening the topic with deliberate improvement according to the future’s needs as well as contexts.
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