The Performance of Wasit University MSc Students in Writing Thesis in English

Abstract

This paper investigates the performance of Wasit University Master of Science researchers engaged in thesis writing in English. The paper introduces thesis writing in general, and then in English, and a few related studies concerned with academic writing and thesis writing. The analysis tool is a pre-designed questionnaire. Following the selection of data, the setting of the analysis tool, and the administration of the questionnaire, the results of the questionnaire have been reached. The analysis results indicated a variety of respondents’ replies. It has been found that the MSc researchers’ experiences in thesis writing are variant and they are not only English-specific. The paper, finally, suggests several recommendations, studies, and tips to help facilitate thesis writing for those researchers.