topics for thesis

By

English Department

Faculty of Language and Science

Wijaya Kusuma Surabaya University

Some Topics for

Your Research

Proposal

In this lecture, some topics are presented within three big categories:

linguistics, literature, and English language teaching learning.

Topics in linguistics cover the following:1. Phonology2. Morphology3. Syntax4. Semantics5. Sociolinguistics6. Psycholinguistics7. Language Acquisitions8. Discourse Analysis9. Pragmatics10. Stylistics

There are also some other topics in linguistics such as:1. Error Analysis2. Translation3. Constructed Language

(ConLang) Analysis

There are three groups of topic in literature:1. Structural Analysis (intrinsic

analysis)2. Non-Structural Analysis

(extrinsic analysis)3. Film-Based Analysis

In English language teaching learning, there are five groups of topic :1. Methods in ELT2. Testing in ELT3. Text-book Analysis4. Learning Styles/Strategies5. Communicative Competence

However, in English teaching learning, some types of research are available as follows :1. Experimental2. Non Experimental3. Classroom Action Research

SOME TOPICS IN

LINGUISTICS

1. Predicting the Pronunciation of Vowel

Letters in English (Hasan Basri and Hastini)

2. The Production of Diphthongs by

Indonesian Students (Clara Herlina)

3. The Pronunciation of the English

Obstruents by the First Semester

Students of Wijaya Kusuma Surabaya

University (Rida Wahyuningrum)

PHONOLOGY

PHONOLOGY

4. Phonological Process of Kindergarten

Students‟s English Speech Sounds

Production (Mega Ariani)

5. The Production of English Vowels by

Second Semester Students of Wijaya

Kusuma Surabaya University (no name)

6. Phonological Process of Autistic

Children‟s English Speech Sounds

Production (Reny)

1. Word Formation in the Terminologies of War as Found in Three Films (Yuhanes

Aprilianto)

2. Morphological Analysis of Sindarin, the Con-Lang in the Fellowship of the Ring Movie (Fanny Widya Untsa)

3. English Adjectives: Definitions and Criteria (A. Aryanto)

MORPHOLOGY

MORPHOLOGY

4. Nouns which are Both Countable and

Uncountable: A Study on their

Similarity and Difference (Yohana Veniranda)

5. Suffix –al and its Variants –ial, -ual, and

–ar: A Discussion on the Types of the

Base Words and their Phonological

Changes (Y. Veniranda)

MORPHOLOGY

1. Structural Linguistics and Immediate Constituent Analysis (Sentence Construction in EFL Translating by Indonesian Students (Rida Wahyuningrum)

2. Clause as Message and Representation (Sutono)

3. An Analysis on Syntactic and Semantic Factors Found in Newspaper Headlines (Nani I. Tiono)

SYNTAX

1. An Analysis on Syntactic and Semantic Factors Found in Newspaper Headlines (Nani I. Tiono)

2. Semantic Analysis on Some Song Lyrics (no name)

SEMANTICS

1. The Reflection of the Javanese Cultural

Concepts in the Politeness of Javanese (Sukarno)

2. The Use of Javanese by English

Lecturers in their Content-Course

Classrooms (Rida Wahyuningrum)

3. Language Choice Used by Male and

Female TV Presenters (no name)

SOCIOLINGUISTICS

1. Pre-Linguisctic Stage of the First

Language Acquisition (Paulus Koeswandono)

2. The Acquisition of English Negation

„No‟ and „Not‟: Evidences from an

Indonesian Child in Non-Native Parents

Bilingual Program (Joko Kusmanto)

PSYCHOLINGUISTICS/LANGUAGE

ACQUISITION

1. Politeness Strategy Used by Characters

of Harry Potter Films (no name)

2. Some Slogans Used in Advertisements :

A Discourse Analysis (no name)

3. Humor in Stand-Up Comedy TV

Program (no name)

DISCOURSE ANALYSIS

1. The Pragmatic Analysis of Verbal Jokes (Ouda Teda Ena)

2. The Intended Meanings in Cigarette

Advertisements (no name)

PRAGMATICS

1. Stylistic Analysis of Roald Dahl‟s

Cinderella (Henni)

2. Style of Obama‟s Inauguration Speech (Samuel Gunawan)

STYLISTICS

1. Grammatical Errors Made by Students

in Translating from Bahasa Indonesia

into English (Rida Wahyuningrum)

2. A Study of English Phonological Errors

Produced by English Department

Students (Nani Indrajani Tiono)

ERROR ANALYSIS

3. Indonesian EFL Advanced Learners‟

Grammatical Errors (Josefa J. Mardijono)

4. A Study of English Syntactical Errors in

Writing Sentences Using Simple Past

Produced by Junior High Students (no

name)

ERROR ANALYSIS

1. Some Unidentified Concepts in

Translating Bahsa Indonesia into

English: Kilbane‟s The Rainbow Troops

(translated from Hirata‟s Laskar

Pelangi) (Fatimah Yuli Mihardjo)

2. Foreign Language Writing and

Translation (Wuri Sudjatmiko and Agnes Santi

Widiati)

TRANSLATION

3. Grammatical Errors Made by Students

in Translating from Bahasa Indonesia

into English (Rida Wahyuningrum)

4. Language Acquisition and Translation (M. Zaim)

TRANSLATION

1. Morphological Analysis of Sindarin, the

Con-Lang in the Fellowship of the Ring

Movie (Fanny Widya Untsa)

CON-LANG ANALYSIS

SOME TOPICS IN ELT

1. Improving Students‟ Narrative Writing

Competence through Short Story (Endah

Yulia Rahayu)

2. Improving Speaking Ability through

Portfolio Assessment (Sri Handayani)


Competence through Round Table

Discussion (Moon Hwa)

ELT- Classroom Action Research

1. Using Collaborative Strategic Reading

(CSR) to Involve Students‟ Activities in

the Classroom (Rasuna Talib)

2. Teaching English through Video to

Young Learners: A Case Study on

Using Charlie and Lola‟s Video to

Enhance Phonological and Semantic

Development of Young Learners (Zubaedah Wiji Lestari)

ELT- Classroom Action Research

1. The Effects of CALL in Teaching

Reading Comprehension to High

School Students (Rica Sih Wuryaningrum)

2. The Influence of „Soundrenalin Chart‟

in Teaching English Pronunciation (Maulida Rahmi)


Competence through Round Table

Discussion (Moon Hwa)

ELT- Experimental Research

1. Teaching Techniques that Expose

Students to Varied English Accents (Hening Dian Paramita)

2. Exploring Students Problems and their

Expectation in Speaking Class : A Case

Study (Sadiatul Khairani)

3. Autonomous Learning and the

Transformation of Teacher Professional

Development (Michael John Kelly)

ELT- Non-Experimental Research

4. Authentic Speaking

Actions for Techno-Savvy

Students (Aisah and Nina Wanda

Cassandra)

5. Encouraging EFL Students

to Work with Phonetics

through Songs (Rida

Wahyuningrum)

6. Teaching Poems Using

Cooperative Learning

(Rida Wahyuningrum)


7. The Use of Facebook as

Information and Communication

Technology System for UT Students (Yasir Riady)

8. Teaching Literature Using Simplified

Novels in Senior High Schools

(Arik Susanti)

9. Crossword Puzzles as a Review

Strategy in Teaching Literature

(Rizka Safriyani)


10. Students‟ Strategies for Taking

Classroom Tests (Agustinus Ngadiman)

11. Communicative Acts Performance

of an Indonesian Child

(M.G. Retno Palupi)

12. The Teaching of Functional

Language Skills in a Second

Language to a Child with Autism

(Renee Chong)


SOME TOPICS IN

LITERATURE

Structural Analysis

1. Discrepancies in Plot, Point of View,

and Atmosphere in Jerzy Kosinki‟s

“The Miller‟s Tale” (G. Fajar Sasmita Adji)

2. A Thematic Analysis of

Hawthorne‟s The Scarlet Letter (Parvin Ghasemi)

3. Conflicts in Weisberger‟s The Devil

Wears Prada (Akhmad Fajar)

Structural Analysis

4. Setting Analysis in Austen‟s Pride and

Prejudice (no name)

5. Plot Analysis in Dicken‟s The Great

Expectations (no name)

Non-Structural Analysis

1. 19th Women and Homosexuality: The

Case of Virginia Woolf‟s Mrs. Dalloway (Angelika Ryandari)

2. The Nigerian Women and Nationalism

in Chinua Achebe‟s Girls at War (Tatang

Iskarna)

3. Personal Relationship in Les Murray‟s

Poem (Henriono Nugroho)

Non-Structural Analysis4. Religiosity in Emily Dickinson‟s Poems

(Rida Wahyuningrum)

5. The Captain‟s Psychological Problems

and the Process of his Withdrawal from

Reality in Strindberg‟s The Father (Liem

Satya Limanta)

6. The Characteristics of Primitivism in

Ernest Hemingway‟s The Old Man and

The Sea (Vyrna Santosa)


7. Takashi‟s Desire in Oe‟s The Silent Cry (Rida Wahyuningrum)

8. A Potrait of Siddharta‟s Spiritual

Journey in Hesse‟s Siddharta (Rida

Wahyuningrum)

9. The Characteristics of Primitivism in

Ernest Hemingway‟s The Old Man and

The Sea (Vyrna Santosa)


10. Isabella‟s Existentialism in Breaking

Dawn Novel (Naftalia Bellamy Imelda)

11. Existentialism in The Lord of Monte

Carlo (Arif Wicaksono)

12. The Psychoanalysis of Jeany Gould (Lydia Anggraeni)

Film-Based Analysis

1. A Journey of Finding God in Life of Pi,

the Movie (Amanda)

2. Schizophrenic in Beautiful Mind, the

Movie: APsychological Study

(no name)

3. Patriotism in Troy, the Movie (no name)

Those titles, hopefully, can be guides for you to start thinking of what you are going to write about for your thesis research proposal.

By

English Department

Faculty of Language and Science

Wijaya Kusuma Surabaya University

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