Sri Yunita, 2016
THEME AND THEMATIC PROGRESSION IN STUDENTS’ RECOUNT TEXTS
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
STATEMENT OF AUTHORISATION ... i
PREFACE ... ii
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ... iii
ABSTRACT ... v
LIST OF TABLES ... vi
LIST OF FIGURES ... viii
TABLE OF CONTENTS ... ix
CHAPTER 1
INTRODUCTION ... 1
1.1 Background ... 1
1.2 Research Questions ... 4
1.3 Aims of the Research ... 4
1.4 The Scope of the Study ... 5
1.5 Significance of the Study ... 5
1.6 Definition of Key Terms ... 5
1.7 Organisation of the Paper ... 6
CHAPTER 2
LITERATURE REVIEW... 7
2.1 Definition of Sex and Gender ... 7
2.2 Gender and Language... 9
2.3 Genderlect Theory ... 11
2.4 Definition of Representation and its Systems ... 12
2.5 Approaches to Representation ... 14
2.6 Systemic Functional Linguistics (SFL) and Its Metafunctions ... 15
2.7 Transitivity System as an Analysis Tool of Representations and Its Interpretations ... 18
Sri Yunita, 2016
THEME AND THEMATIC PROGRESSION IN STUDENTS’ RECOUNT TEXTS
Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia | repository.upi.edu | perpustakaan.upi.edu
2.7.2 Mental Processes ... 23
2.7.3 Behavioral Processes ... 25
2.7.4 Verbal Processes ... 25
2.7.5 Existential Processes ... 27
2.7.6 Relational Processes ... 28
2.7.7 Causative processes ... 29
2.8 Recount texts ... 30
2.9 Previous Research ... 31
2.10 Synthesis ... 34
CHAPTER 3
METHODOLOGY ... 35
3.1 Research Design ... 35
3.2 Site and Participants ... 36
3.3 Data Collection ... 36
3.1.1 Students’ Recount Texts... 37
3.1.2 Interview ... 38
3.2 Data Analysis ... 39
3.2.1 Students’ Recount Texts... 39
3.2.2 Interview Transcripts ... 41
3.3 Concluding Remarks ... 41
CHAPTER 4
FINDINGS AND DISCUSSIONS ... 42
4.1 Representations of Experiences in Male and Female Students’ Recount Texts ... 42
4.1.1 General Findings ... 43
4.1.2 The Choice of Topics ... 45
4.1.2.1 Shared topics ... 46
4.1.2.2 Exclusive topics ... 47
4.1.3 The Processes ... 50
Sri Yunita, 2016
THEME AND THEMATIC PROGRESSION IN STUDENTS’ RECOUNT TEXTS
Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia | repository.upi.edu | perpustakaan.upi.edu
4.1.3.2 Linguistic realisations of Material processes ... 56
4.1.3.2.1 Linguistic realisations of Material processes in male students’ texts ... 57
4.1.3.2.2 Linguistic realisations of Material processes in female students’ texts ... 60
4.1.3.3 Linguistic realisations of Mental processes... 64
4.1.3.4 Linguistic realisations of Behavioral processes ... 68
4.1.3.5 Linguistic realisations of Verbal processes ... 70
4.1.3.6 Linguistic realisations of Existential processes ... 74
4.1.3.7 Linguistic realisations of Relational processes ... 75
4.1.3.8 Linguistic realisations of Causative processes ... 80
4.1.4 The Participants ... 82
4.1.4.1 The occurrences of participants in male and female students’ recount texts ... 82
4.1.4.2 Linguistic realisations of Actor, Goal, Range, Recipient and Client ... 84
4.1.4.3 Linguistic realisations of Senser and Phenomenon ... 91
4.1.4.4 Linguistic realisations of Behaver and Phenomenon ... 95
4.1.4.5 Linguistic realisations of Sayer, Receiver and Verbiage ... 98
4.1.4.6 Linguistic realisations of Carrier and Attribute ... 102
4.1.4.7 Linguistic realisations of Token and Value ... 108
4.1.4.8 Linguistic realisations of Agent in male and female students recount texts .. 110
4.2 Implications of Representation Analysis for English Language Teaching .... 111
4.2.1 Implication for the Internalisation of Sociocultural Values ... 111
4.2.1.1 Gender-responsive teaching in terms of topic choices ... 112
4.2.1.2 Gender-responsive teaching in terms of lexical choices ... 113
4.2.2 Implication for Teaching Recount Texts ... 115
CHAPTER 5
CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS ... 117
5.1 Conclusions ... 117
5.2 Recommendations ... 118
