An EFL Experience in Undergraduate Thesis Writing: An Auto-Ethnography
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https://doi.org/10.35961/salee.v4i1.485Keywords:
Autoethnography, undergraduate thesis, writingAbstract
Writing an undergraduate thesis is often a difficult challenge for college students. In this paper, I reflect on my writing experiences in my undergraduate thesis using journal review and stimulated recall to construct my understanding of auto-ethnography in writing an undergraduate thesis. I developed a chronology of the critical occasions during the time I constructed my thesis and reflected upon these events to investigate questions approximately whether my thesis was a piece of auto-ethnography or not. I analyze my experiences using critical incidents to get aha moments. By applying auto-ethnography theories from the experts, I conclude that my paper is a piece of auto-ethnography.
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Lake, J. (2015). Autoethnography and reflective practice: reconstructing the doctoral thesis experience. Reflective Practice, 16(5), 677–687. https://doi.org/10.1080/14623943.2015.1071247
Larrivee, B. (2008). Development of a tool to assess teachers’ level of reflective practice. Reflective Practice, 9(3), 341–360. https://doi.org/10.1080/14623940802207451
Lincoln, Y. S., & Guba, E. G. (1985). Paradigmatic controversies, contradictions and emerging confluences. Handbook of Qualitative Research, 2nd Ed, 163–189. https://sabinemendesmoura.files.wordpress.com/2014/11/gubaelincoln_novo.pdf
McLain, M. (2012). An (auto)Ethnographic Narrative of the Teaching of Designing within Design and Technology in the English Curriculum. Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, 45(December 2012), 318–330. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sbspro.2012.06.568
Roy, R., & Uekusa, S. (2020). Collaborative autoethnography: “self-reflection” as a timely alternative research approach during the global pandemic. Qualitative Research Journal, 20(4), 383–392. https://doi.org/10.1108/QRJ-06-2020-0054
Sikes, P. (2015). Book Review: Stacy Holman Jones, Tony E. Adams and Carolyn Ellis (eds), Handbook of Autoethnography . Qualitative Research, 15(3), 413–416. https://doi.org/10.1177/1468794114535048
Takhar-Lail, A., & Chitakunye, P. (2015). Reflexive introspection: Methodological insights from four ethnographic studies. Journal of Business Research, 68(11), 2383–2394. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2015.03.020
Tomaselli, K. G. (2013). Visualizing Different Kinds of Writing: Auto-ethnography, Social Science. Visual Anthropology, 26(2), 165–180. https://doi.org/10.1080/08949468.2012.718985
Tripp, D. (2011). Critical Incidents in Teaching (Classic Edition). Critical Incidents in Teaching (Classic Edition), July. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203802014
Voorhees, T. T., & Vorobel, O. (2021). Integrating Qualitative Research into the Community College Linguistics Course: An Autoethnographic Inquiry. International Journal of Educational Research Open, 2(May), 100053. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijedro.2021.100053
Walford, G. (2021). What is worthwhile auto-ethnography? Research in the age of the selfie. Ethnography and Education, 16(1), 31–43. https://doi.org/10.1080/17457823.2020.1716263
Ylijoki, O. H. (2001). Master’s Thesis Writing from a Narrative Approach. Studies in Higher Education, 26(1), 21–34. https://doi.org/10.1080/03075070020030698
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2023-01-24
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Wahib, A. (2023). An EFL Experience in Undergraduate Thesis Writing: An Auto-Ethnography. SALEE: Study of Applied Linguistics and English Education, 4(1), 100–113. https://doi.org/10.35961/salee.v4i1.485
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