We as students English study program must write by using English, at least we can write

background in proposal well (focus with coherence structure among paragraphs).

Based on the statement, Paul Fournier given definition of coherence that a text has both
relevant content and appropriate structure. So, he divided coherence into two parts, first
coherence in content consist of relevance, logic, accuracy and effectiveness. Second
coherence in structure consists of introductory elements, thesis statement, paragraph, topic
sentence, support, referencing, transition, conclusion and organization. Besides that,
background research refers to accessing the collection of previously published and
unpublished information about a site, region, or particular topic of interest and it is the first
step of all good archaeological investigations, as well as that of all writers of any kind of
research paper1. So, writing background in thesis proposal is not easy, because to make
background that coherence. Many students fine some difficulties to start writing, especially in
background.
Here, some the results of interview to the students who had finished write background of
proposal. One of students said that I write a proposal background at the end of the page,
because it's so hard to make a sentence that can be connected (coherence). For example, I
often put a sentence in a paragraph, then I felt did not fit, and then I move back into other
paragraphs. So it's also happened to another students said that I was so hard to write a
background in the proposal. For me, I will look for the related theories that related to my
thesis title, then I put into the background but I don't know whether it was related or not.
Based on the phenomenon above, the writer wants to do the research about coherence in
structure of students background in thesis proposal by students English Study Program in
Muhammadiyah University of Kendari that have finished write background of proposal.
1 Retrieved on December, 21th 2010 at 08.46 am.
http://archaeology.about.com/od/baterms/g/background.htm

There are some reasons for the writer to do the research in proposal of students English study
program that have finished proposal seminar: first, because the students havent through
guiding process. Second, the proposal was written by them originally. And the third, they are
many student said that writing background is very difficult. They often write background at
the end. From this consideration, the researcher wants to investigate the coherence of writing
background that written by students who have finished proposal seminar.
There are several related researchers have been done by some other researcher. Such as, the
study which was done by Harti Kusriyanti (0655031) in 2010 in Sekolah Tinggi Agama Islam
Negeri (STAIN) Curup Rejang Lebong entitled an analysis of coherence in writing essay a
case study of sixth semester of English Study Program of STAIN Curup 2. This research
focuses on the coherence writing essay and the part of essay which not coherence. The
second study was been done by Ariani (0455014) in 2008 in Sekolah Tinggi Agama Islam
Negeri (STAIN) Curup entitled an analysis of students strategy in writing English
paragraph3. This research focuses on students problems and students strategies in writing
paragraph. The third study was been done by Nurma Yunita (0355002) in 2007 in Sekolah
Tinggi Agama Islam Negeri (STAIN) Curup entitled an analysis of students mastery in
writing abstract of thesis. This research focuses on students problem in writing abstract.
Based on the related studies above, the researcher finds two primary differences to this
research. First, the objective of their study is not in background of thesis proposal. The
second, their research doesnt discuss about the coherence in structure in the background of
the thesis proposal.
2 Harti Kusriyanti, Nim 0655031. An analysis of coherence in writing essay. STAIN Curup Rejang
Lebong. 2010
3 Ariani, Nim 0455014. an analysis of students strategy in writing English paragraph STAIN
Curup Rejang Lebong. 2008

Based on the several research that have been done, this analysis is important to be done,
because in this research, the researcher analysis coherence in structure in writing background
of thesis proposal are written by the students that have finished proposal seminar, and
researcher also hope this analysis can add our knowledge about coherence in structure of
students background in thesis proposal overall. And also researcher wants to know the
coherence in structure in each paragraph in background.