Communication Dynamics Between First-Year Doctoral Students and Supervisors

Yusnita Febrianti; Prananda  Navitas; Nuning  Winaris

doi:10.24002/jik.v20i2.5735

Authors

Yusnita Febrianti Universitas Negeri Malang
Prananda Navitas Institut Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember
Nuning Winaris Universitas Brawijaya

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24002/jik.v20i2.5735

Keywords:

appraisal system, doctoral students, linguistic mechanism, student-supervisor communication

Abstract

Building and maintaining a relationship with the supervisor is crucial for a doctoral student to guarantee stable progress. One of the important aspects is owing to both written and spoken communication, for example, in email and direct conversations. This study examines sample communication activitie of three Indonesian doctoral students and their supervisors to unfold the construction of shared values between them. An appraisal system analyses the linguistic mechanism of engagement, attitude, and graduation systems through which power and relationship are built between first-year doctoral students and their supervisors.

Author Biographies

Yusnita Febrianti, Universitas Negeri Malang

Yusnita Febrianti is a faculty member at the English Department, Universitas Negeri Malang (UM). She finished her undergraduate in English Language Teaching from Universitas Negeri Malang in 2004. She then pursued her Master’s degree finishing in 2011 and a PhD finishing in 2020 both in Applied Linguistics from The University of Adelaide, Australia. Her thesis was entitled A Multimodal Semiotic Analysis of University Branding Posters and Films. In this work, she used the theories of SFL and SF-based multimodal discourse analysis to deconstruct and reconstruct the data of Australian university branding artefacts. Since graduation, she has developed interests to work in the area of multimodality research and its application in various areas, including the teaching of English. Overall, her research interests include the topics in SFL, Discourse Analysis, Multimodal Discourse Analysis, and Multimodal studies. She has presented in various professional forums and published in some academic journals.

Prananda Navitas, Institut Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember

Prananda Navitas is a faculty at the Department of Urban and Regional Planning, Institut Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember (ITS) Surabaya. He completed his undergraduate degree in Architecture in 2005 and obtained a dual Master's degree in Urban Studies in 2008. In 2021, Prananda received a PhD in Disaster Risk Reduction and Management. His research interests include urban design, disaster risk reduction, and information behaviour. Prananda has also published in academic journals.

Nuning Winaris, Universitas Brawijaya

Nuning Winaris is a faculty member in Department of Parasitology and Magister Program in Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Brawijaya. She received her Bachelor degree in science in 2009 from Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Universitas Negeri Malang. In 2013, Nuning graduated with a Master degree in Biotechnology, specialization in Medical Biotechnology at Wageningen University & Research, The Netherlands. In 2020, she also successfully completed a doctoral degree in Mucosal Immunology at Wageningen University & Research. Her main research interests include autoimmune and infectious diseases.

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