INTERACTIONAL METADISCOURSE MARKERS IN THE INTRODUCTION CHAPTER OF UNDERGRADUATE THESIS A COMPARATIVE STUDY BETWEEN ENGLISH STUDENTS OF UNIVERSITAS BENGKULU AND UNIVERSITAS PENDIDIKAN INDONESIA

This study aims to find out the use of Interactional Metadiscourse Markers in the introduction
section of Undergraduate thesis of Universitas Bengkulu and Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia.
15 Undergraduate Thesis students of Universitas Bengkulu and 15 undergraduate thesis students
of Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia were the corpus of this research. In addition, introduction
section is one of the most important part in an article because it provides an overview of the
topic being discussed and presents the writer's main arguments or ideas. This research employed
a mix method. The results of the study show that the five categories in the interactional
metadiscourse markers; hedges, boosters, attitude markers, self-mentions, and engagement
markers are used by the students of Universitas Bengkulu and students of Universitas
Pendidikan Indonesia in the introduction section of undergraduate thesis. The highest frequency
used of interactional metadiscourse category is hedges markers. This finding implies that writers
are more likely to use this marker to build the possibility through the text while by using possible
or possibly is indicated the writer's decision.
Key Words : Interactional Metadiscourse Markers, Thesis, Introduction Chapter