Strategies and Reasons When Addressing Grammatical Problems in Thesis Writing

Abstract

English grammar plays an important role in writing, including master’s theses. To write an acceptable thesis, students often use strategies to address grammatical errors. They also have reasons for their strategy preferences. In this mixed-methods study, we explored strategies graduate students use to address grammatical errors when writing theses and their reasons for using them. To investigate this, we engaged graduate English language learners (N = 68) at an Indonesian university. The findings showed that the most frequently used strategy was checking online sources (M = 3.99), while the least used strategy was paying someone to edit (M = 1.21).