The Use Of Varied Types Of Sentences In EFL Students’ BA Theses’ Introductions

The study aimed to investigate the dominant types of sentence use and problems commonly experienced by EFL students regarding their use of them in BA theses’ introduction. The research followed a qualitative content analysis and gathered data through document analysis and semi-structured interviews. Eight interviewees, specifically students from the academic year 2019, were using convenience sampling to be selected to participate. The findings show that the most frequently used by the students in their BA thesis were simple sentences (43%) of the whole number of sentence types found in students’ BA theses. The second most frequent used of sentence was complex sentences (23%), while compound sentences (22%) and compound-complex sentences (9%). The EFL student faced various problems regarding the use of types of sentences in writing the BA thesis introduction, including misunderstanding clauses, combining clauses, subject and verb position, and difficulty in identifying main clauses. The findings suggest that appropriate strategy in writing is needed, especially in writing BA thesis using varied types of sentences. Students must improve and develop their skill in writing by knowing, combining, and mixing all the types of sentences