ABSTRACT

Ridha, Assyakhirah Nur. 2022. An Analysis of Sense Relation in Thesis Abstract of English Language Education Study Program Students Batch 2017 Who Graduated in 2021. Sarjana's Thesis. English Language Education Study program, Faculty of Training and Education, Lambung Mangkurat University, Banjarmasin. The first advisor: Dr. Hj. Noor Eka Chandra, M.Pd, and the second advisor: Yusuf Al Arief M. Hum.

Keywords: Abstract, Writing, Sense Relation

An abstract is a guide for readers in reading a scientific writing. When the abstract is explained well, the reader will quickly understand the contents of the scientific writing. It is important to know the relationship between the meaning of words when writing abstracts. The relationship meanings of words is called the sense relation. This research aims to describe and analyze the sense relation in thesis abstract of English Language Education Study Program students FKIP Lambung Mangkurat University batch 2017 who graduated in 2021.

This research used descriptive qualitative. The subject of this study was students of ELESP Batch 2017 who graduated in 2021 and object of this study was the thesis abstract of ELESP batch 2017 who graduated in 2021. The researcher have carried out reading and note-taking techniques to collect data. The results of this study was that seven types of sense relations with 177 words were found in thesis abstract of the English Education Study Program students FKIP Lambung Mangkurat University batch 2017 who graduated in 2021.

There are 61 synonyms, 22 hyponyms, 25 homonyms, 39 polysemy, 16 complementarities, 4 gradeabilities, and 10 relational opposites. From the results of the study it can be suggested that (1) the students of ELESP should understand more on the material of sense relation so that they can easily write their academic paper including thesis abstract, (2) the lecturers should explain more to the students on the importance of using the correct sense relation in writing the abstracts, (3) it is expected that other researchers focus more on the sense relation element in their further research.