Investigating EFL Master Students’ Hindrances in Writing their Dissertations Case of master two EFL students at M’sila University
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2021-06
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Master dissertation is probably the hardest piece of academic writing that graduate students have ever done in their last year of study in university. Thus, it is important to examine the hindrances faced by EFL master students in dissertation writing and to discover the research variables that inform those hindrances, the researcher used both qualitative and quantitative methods, The sample the of this research were consisted of thirty one (31) students of master two linguistics students from the department of English , and nine (9) teachers from M’sila university and other two Algerian universities, the study explored both students and supervisors’ perceptions concerns the hindrances, using the two tools, questionnaires and interview, The findings indicated that the majority of the candidates faced hindrances in :methodology ,lack of sources, problems with supervisor , research skills, personal factors like anxiety and lack of motivation, lack of training and experience in writing a research , The findings obtained from the teachers interview indicate that the majority of hindrances are in methodology, lack of the appropriate sources and research skills.
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Key words: Master dissertation, graduate students, hindrances