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STATEMENT OF AUTHORIZATION ... i
PREFACE ... ii
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ... iii
ABSTRACT ………...iv
TABLE OF CONTENTS ………..v
LIST OF TABLES ……….ix
LIST OF FIGURE ……….xi
LIST OF APPENDICES ………..……….xii
CHAPTER I: INTRODUCTION ……….1
1.1 Background of the Study ………1
1.2 Research Questions ……….4
1.3 Aims of the Study ………4
1.4 Scope of the Study ………...4
1.5 Significance of the Study ………..4
1.6 Clarification of Terms………...5
1.7 Organization of the Paper ……….5
1.8 Concluding Remark………...6
CHAPTER II: THEORITICAL BACKGROUND ………...7
2.1 Systematic Functional Linguistic ………..7
2.2 Transitivity System ………...8
2.2.1 Circumstances ……… ..………9
2.2.2 Processes and Participants ………10
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2.2.2.2 Mental Processes ………..11
2.2.2.3 Verbal Processes ………...12
2.2.2.4 Existential Process ………13
2.2.2.5 Relational Process ………...13
2.2.2.6 Behavioral Process ………15
2.3 Genre and Text Types in Science ………15
2.3.1 Definition of Genre ………..15
2.3.2 Text Types in Science ………..17
2.3.4.1 Report Texts ………..17
2.3.4.1.1 Descriptive Report ……….………19
2.3.4.1.2 Classifying Report … ………...19
2.3.4.1.3 Compositional Report ………20
2.3.4.2 Explanation Texts ………..………21
2.3.4.2.1 Sequential Explanation ………...22
2.3.4.2.2 Factorial Explanation ……… ………...22
2.3.4.2.3 Consequential Explanation ……….23
2.3.4.2.4 Conditional Explanation ………..…………...23
2.3.4.2.5 Technological Explanation ………...24
2.3.4.3 Discussion Text ………...…………..25
2.3.4.4 Exposition Text ………...………..26
2.3.4.4.1 Analytical ………...…………...27
2.3.4.4.2 Hortatory ………27
2.3.3 Features in Scientific Texts ………..28
2.3.2.1 Informational Density ... ..28
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2.3.2.3 Technicality ……… 30
2.3.2.4 Authoritativeness ……… 31
2.4 Review on Previous Studies ………. 32
2.5 Concluding Remark ……….. 33
CHAPTER III: RESEARCH METHODOLOGY……….……….…..…. 34
3.1 Research Design ...34
3.2 Research Site ...35
3.2.1 Setting ……….... 35
3.2.2 Participant ………....35
3.3 Data Collection ………...36
3.3.1 Collecting Students’ Writing Texts ……….36
3.3.2 Interview ………..37
3.4 Data Analysis ………..37
3.4.1 Identification of Transitivity System ………..………....38
3.4.2 Identification of Text Types ………....38
3.4.3 Identification of Text’s Schematic Structure and Linguistic Features……38
3.4.4 Transcribing and Condensing Interview………..………40
3.5 Concluding Remark ……….. 40
CHAPTER IV: FINDINGS AND DISCUSSIONS ...41
4.1 Discussions of Students’ Texts ...41
4.1.1 The Discussion of Text 1 ……….43
4.1.1.1 Schematic Structure Analysis of Text 1……….. 44
4.1.1.2 Linguistic Features Analysis of the Elements in Text 1……… 46
4.1.2 The Discussion of Text 2 ……….49
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4.1.2.2 Linguistic Features Analysis of Text 2 ……….... 51
4.1.3 The Discussion of Text 3 ……… 54
4.1.3.1 Schematic Structure Analysis of Text 3 ………54
4.1.3.2 Linguistic Features Analysis of Text 3 ……….56
4.1.4 The Discussion of Text 4 ……….58
4.1.4.1 Schematic Structure Analysis of Text 4………....60
4.1.4.2 Linguistic Features Analysis of Text 4 ……….61
4.1.5 The Discussion of Text 5 ………... 63
4.1.5.1 Schematic Structure Analysis of Text 5…….………. 64
4.1.5.2 Linguistic Features Analysis of Text 5 ..………..65
4.1.6 The Discussion of Text 6 ……..………...68
4.1.6.1 Schematic Structure Analysis of Text 6 ..……….70
4.1.6.2 Linguistic Features Analysis of the Elements in Text 6 ……..…71
4.2 Findings and Discussion of the Interview Data…..……….74
4.3 Concluding Remark ………..………..80
CHAPTER V: CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS …...………..81
5.1 Conclusions ……….81
5.2 Recommendations ………...83
