Grammatical Problems in the Discussion Section of Master Theses

The discussion section is one part of the thesis that describes findings research by demonstrating deep knowledge findings, interpreting and emphasizing contribution to current knowledge. Additionally, also most challenging thesis. This study aimed find out grammatical problems causes in written English Education postgraduate Program students at University Bengkulu. used a mixed method analyzing data. Most were investigated quantitatively, while studied qualitatively. corpuses this 30 master theses who have graduated 2021. showed frequent found incorrect verbs with 65,4% or 121 times errors, which dominated tense confusion subject-verb agreement. cause was first-language interference. conclusion provides information about possible increase writer's awareness importance writing section.