scholarly journals A genre analysis of research article ‘findings and discussion’ sections written by Indonesian undergraduate EFL students

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 59-72
Author(s):  
Didi Suherdi ◽  
Eri Kurniawan ◽  
Arif Husein Lubis
Keyword(s):  
The Body ◽  
Research Articles ◽  
Genre Analysis ◽  
Background Information ◽  
Analysis Tool ◽  
Rhetorical Patterns ◽  
Research Article ◽  
Efl Students ◽  
State Educational

The quality of findings and discussion (FD) section in a research article is crucial to elucidate the results of a particular inquiry and to situate the significance of the results in the body of knowledge through publications in scientific journals. Previous academic genre analysis has generated several models to help novice writers develop the rhetorical moves of the FD sections across disciplines. However, the study on the quality of the rhetorical moves in the undergraduate EFL students’ research articles is still scarce. Hence, this study seeks to examine the manifestation of rhetorical moves in the findings and discussion sections written by Indonesian undergraduate EFL students. A total of 113 unpublished ELT research articles from a state educational university in Bandung was selected as the target corpus. AntMover 1.10 was employed as the analysis tool. The top-down approach was carried out to obtain the existing rhetorical structure using Ruiying and Allison’s (2003) framework as the guideline. The bottom-up approach was used to scrutinize the linguistic realizations of the rhetorical moves. The findings demonstrated that, in the move level, most of the students’ FD sections had manifested the four moves, i.e., providing background information, reporting results, summarizing results, and commenting on results. However, in the step level, a number of FD sections did not provide detailed information regarding the sequence of the findings presentation, the analysis procedure to obtain the findings, the explanation for the findings, and the highlight of the significance of the findings. The randomized rhetorical patterns were also dominant. It can downgrade the clarity and rigor of the FD sections. Despite that, the linguistic realizations of the moves, particularly the tense and sentence voice, mostly conformed to the norms. The findings may serve as a reference to develop the teaching materials of English for research publication purposes (ERPP).

scholarly journals Evaluating Teaching Methods Research Articles published in Iraqi Academic Journals

2021 ◽  
Vol 58 (1) ◽  
pp. 518-533
Author(s):  
Majid Abdul-Mohammed Jassim, Dr. Muna M. A. Al-Khateeb
Keyword(s):  
Teaching Methods ◽  
Rapid Development ◽  
Evaluation Criteria ◽  
Relative Weight ◽  
Main Tool ◽  
Research Articles ◽  
Point Scale ◽  
Rating Score ◽  
Research Article

           Teaching Methods   research   , which lies under the umbrella of educational research  , has witnessed  rapid  development  , however, very few if any  have examined the quality of these articles   .Therefore ,This study aimed at evaluating Teaching Methods  research articles published in Iraqi journals between 2015 and 2019 in the light  of  suggested evaluation criteria developed by the researcher . A descriptive-analytical approach was manipulated  to achieve the goals of the study. The  main tool  the researcher used to  collect data was a content analysis card. The researcher  has benefited from related literature  , journals  , previous studies, and books  to build  the criteria of evaluation  of his study  tool. A total of 160 papers were examined to evaluate the components of research article .The study is considered to be important since it is a second to none in the specialization of Teaching Methods in Iraq. The findings of this study indicate that the total mean score of all categories and subcategories of the 160  articles increase   overtly ; 6608 ( rating score ) , 41.300 ( Mean ) , 82.60 relative weight  on the 5-point scale , which means that these articles strongly met the  suggested evaluation criteria.

scholarly journals Genre Analysis: Studying Authorial Stance in the Pakistani Research Articles of Business and Management Sciences

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 455
Author(s):  
Arjamand Bilal ◽  
Wasima Shehzad
Keyword(s):  
Considerable Degree ◽  
Research Articles ◽  
Genre Analysis ◽  
Research Article ◽  
Genre Awareness ◽  
Maintain Relationship ◽  
Business And Management

The notion of authorial stance has received much attention internationally in recent years which has increased its complexity in terms of its relationship with genre-pedagogy and genre-awareness. Metadiscourse markers are used by academic writers in order to build and maintain relationship with their readers. This is done by use of appropriate language either to influence them or show a certain degree of agreement or disagreement. The present study investigated the stance features as they appeared in the genre of research article introduction section written by seasoned authors. 50 papers from the field of Business and Management Sciences were studied in order to explore the language features projecting authorial stance or author’s voice used by authors. Hyland’s (2005b) Model of Academic Interaction was used to study the authorial stance. The findings showed that the authors used a considerable degree of stance features in their research articles. The study may provide some useful insights regarding teaching the writing of research article, understanding the concepts of genre-competence and genre-production.

scholarly journals RHETORICAL PATTERN IN ARGUMENTATIVE ESSAY WRITING BY EFL STUDENTS OF IAIN SURAKARTA

2016 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 157
Author(s):  
Sujito Sujito ◽  
Wildan Mahir Muttaqien
Keyword(s):  
Academic Writing ◽  
Background Information ◽  
Slow Learner ◽  
Research Subjects ◽  
Fast Learner ◽  
Strong Connectivity ◽  
Essay Writing ◽  
Efl Students ◽  
Thesis Statement

  This study reports pattern of rhetoric in argumentative essay of academic writing accros three achievement categories: fast learner, medium learner, and slow learner.  Descriptive correlation between the  pattern of the rhetoric and overall quality of academic writing was also identified. This research was descriptive study using content analysis approach. The research subjects were 3 classes of semester VII EFL student out of 9 classes selected  in purposive sampling. Pattern of rhetoric in students work was analyzed in seven categories: thesis statement, reservation, background information, rational appeal, affective appeal, conclusion, and hesitation. ESL composition profile by Jacobs was employed  to measure students’ academic argumentative essay. The finding showed that rhetoric pattern categories in three different writing achievers was failed to use. However, strong connectivity between pattern of the seven rhetoric categories and overall quality of academic writing across level of achievement was significantly linked.  

Evaluation in research article introductions: A comparison of the strategies used by Chinese and British authors

2019 ◽  
Vol 39 (6) ◽  
pp. 797-818 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaoyu Xu ◽  
Hilary Nesi
Keyword(s):  
Applied Linguistics ◽  
Journal Article ◽  
Research Community ◽  
Research Topic ◽  
Research Articles ◽  
Genre Analysis ◽  
Appraisal Theory ◽  
Cultural Variation ◽  
Research Article

Abstract This article investigates differences in evaluative style in introductions to research articles written by scholars from China and Britain. A corpus of 30 research article introductions in applied linguistics was analysed in terms of Appraisal Theory and genre analysis, using the UAM Corpus Tool. Findings from this analysis suggest that both the Chinese and the British authors were aware of the need to argue for their own opinions and maintain good relationships with their readers. However, the Chinese writers made more categorical assertions, supported by lists of references to prior studies, while the British writers were more likely to acknowledge the existence of alternative views within the research community, and were more explicit about their own attitudes towards the research topic, prior studies, and their own work. The findings, and the illustrative examples, can inform the design of programmes to help novice researchers publish internationally, and might also usefully raise the awareness of journal article reviewers and editors regarding cultural variation in approaches to stance-taking.

Discourse style and theme–rheme progression in biomedical research article discussions

2009 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 225-266 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ian A. Williams
Keyword(s):  
Quantitative Analysis ◽  
Biomedical Research ◽  
English Language ◽  
Target Language ◽  
Research Articles ◽  
Background Information ◽  
Main Claim ◽  
Research Article ◽  
Thematic Progression ◽  
Thematic Pattern

This paper examines the Discussions of Spanish medical research articles and Spanish translations of comparable English-language texts in order to determine how far their discourse and theme–rheme patterns differ. Quantitative analysis revealed two discourse patterns. Spanish authors preferred a progressive style characterized by considerable initial background information, and a commentary opening with a statement of result and ending with the main claim. In contrast, most translations exhibited a retrogressive style with little or no background information, and the main claim located early or at the start. The Spanish texts showed a highly cohesive thematic pattern, most within-paragraph links being with the immediately preceding theme or rheme, whereas the translations, influenced by the source texts, contained comparatively more distant links, thus creating thematic ‘jumps’. Thematic progression was independent of discourse pattern. Qualitative analysis identified a number of strategies that can help translators align their texts with the target language norm for theme–rheme progression.

scholarly journals Gambaran Kualitas Hidup Pasien Pasca Mengalami Cedera Kepala: Literature Review

JKEP ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 146-158
Author(s):  
Nanda Agustia ◽  
Gamya Tri Utami ◽  
Fathra Annis Nauli
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Head Injury ◽  
Head Injuries ◽  
Research Articles ◽  
Inclusion Criteria ◽  
Literature Study ◽  
Post Injury ◽  
Cognitive Domains ◽  
Research Article

Head injury is a type of trauma that is commonly found in emergency departements, this is evidence by the large number of deaths resulting from the incidence of head injuries. if the patient survives and they will have physiological or anatomical disorders that affect to the quality of life. The purpose of this literature study is to find out the quality of life of patients after suffering a head injury. The method used is a literature study obtained from scientific reseach article that searches in accordance with the inclusion criteria, start from 2015 up to 2019 using Google Scholar,Science Direct, and Pubmed. The keyword used are Quality of life, Head Injury. Based on 7 research articles, it was found that 6 out 7 articles stated that there was a decrease in quality of life in post-injury patients with duration of 3, 6, and 12 months, evaluation quality of life the domain of assessment of quality of life that experienced the most decrease was in the physical, psychological, social and cognitive domains, 1 research article stated that there was increase in quality of life after head injury. Based on result there was a decrease in quality of life in post-injury patients

scholarly journals A GENRE ANALYSIS ON THE DISCUSSION SECTION OF QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE RESEARCH ARTICLES IN ELT ANDLINGUISTICS

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 157-183
Author(s):  
Alfin Zalicha Hilmi ◽  
Toyyibah Toyyibah ◽  
Nur Afifi
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Quantitative Research ◽  
Research Articles ◽  
Genre Analysis ◽  
Discussion Section ◽  
Generic Structure ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative ◽  
Quantitative And Qualitative Research ◽  
Research Article ◽  
And Linguistics

This study aimed at: 1) investigating the move and steps found in quantitative and qualitative research articles discussion; 2) investigating the rhetoric structure patterns of quantitative and qualitative research article discussion. This study is a qualitative-research focusing on genre analysis on qualitative and quantitative RA discussions. There were 20 qualitative and 20 quantitative research article discussions of EFL and applied linguistics journals were investigated in this research. Using Yang & Allison’s (2003) framework to analyze the data, it is found that all moves in the framework were employed in RA discussion of both qualitative and quantitative research. However, the number of occurrences of each move were different between discussion section of these two different approaches. Furthermore, the patterns of both qualitative and quantitative RA discussion was not significantly different. There were two types of patterns in RA discussion both in qualitative and quantitative, repetitive pattern and organized pattern. although there were some variations in each of those patterns. The present study provides more evidence of generic structure of RA discussion section as well as proposes some useful insights related to move analysis on research article discussion in ELT and Linguistics area. Limitations and recommendations are discussed in this study.

scholarly journals Structural Analysis of Higher Education Institutions’ Research Introductions

2014 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Salvador C. Dela Peña III
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Practical Importance ◽  
Research Articles ◽  
Research Writing ◽  
Writing Quality ◽  
Research Article ◽  
Writing Research ◽  
Standard Structure ◽  
Published Research

In writing a research article, the introduction seems to be the hardest part to write. In fact, many research articles are found to have insufficient introduction, lacking some important elements of a quality introduction. Hence, this study was conducted to assess through content analysis the quality of the introduction of published articles authored by researchers in Mindanao. Fifty samples were analyzed based on the widely accepted standards for writing the introduction. Descriptive statistics was used in the analysis of the data. Findings reveal that most of the introduction samples had missing elements of a quality introduction. The most missed out element was a statement establishing a gap to indicate academic importance, followed by a statement of the practical importance of the study and general statement of the problem of the study. As to the structure of the introduction, most of the samples followed the standard structure, proceeding from general to specific statements. The findings imply that many published research articles by researchers in Mindanao have introductions that do not meet the standards for writing quality introduction, hence the need to reorient researchers to the basics of writing a good introduction.Keywords – Research writing, introduction, writing research introduction, elements of the introduction, content analysis, Philippines

Vieillissement au Canada/Aging in Canada. Revue canadienne d'économie familiale, 38(3), 1988.

1991 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 74-76
Author(s):  
Colette Landry-Martin
Keyword(s):  
The Elderly ◽  
Home Economics ◽  
Research Articles ◽  
Background Information ◽  
Class Discussion ◽  
General Interest ◽  
Economics Profession ◽  
Nutritional Needs ◽  
Older Citizens

The Canadian Home Economics Journal publishes scholarly articles as well as others of general interest whose contents relate to the philosophy and practice of Home Economics. A quarterly journal, each issue focusses on a theme related to the improvement of the quality of life of individuals and families, the mission of the Home Economics profession. This particular issue of the Journal centres around the theme of Aging in Canada and features four articles of general interest and three research articles. The articles of general interest focus on different topics related to aging: governmental literature pertaining to aging; clothing preferences and consumer behaviour of older citizens; housing needs of the elderly, and Canada's aging population. The research articles cover diverse areas such as demographic characteristics of the elderly, the nutritional needs and health of older people, and factors that influence learning among seniors. The contents of the articles cover reflection generating issues about social aging. This special issue of the Journal will be of particular interest and value to the practitioner working with the elderly as well as providing background information for class discussion in university courses related to aging.

scholarly journals Generic Overlap Between Publication Genres: The Case of Biology Research Articles’ and Research Letters’ Introductions in the Journal Nature

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 135
Author(s):  
Mimoun Melliti
Keyword(s):  
Academic Writing ◽  
Research Articles ◽  
Teaching English ◽  
Generic Structure ◽  
Rhetorical Patterns ◽  
Research Article ◽  
Interesting Implication ◽  
Similarity And Difference ◽  
Biology Research ◽  
Article Abstract

The present paper explores aspects of similarity and difference between the generic structure of research letters’ abstracts (henceforth RLsA) and research articles’ abstracts (henceforth RAsA). It aims at investigating and documenting the different rhetorical patterns of 19 RLsA and 19 RAsA in order to identify if there is any unique shared way to write them, determine the most publishable way of writing this genre, and detect any possibility of generic overlap between the two genres. Melliti (2016, 2017) CARL model has been adopted to identify the kind, frequency, and overlap of moves in RLsA and RAsA of the Journal Nature. The results indicate that although the RAs are longer than the RLs, the number of sentences in the RLsA is more than the RAsA. Results show also that there are fundamental as well as expendable sets of keys in both genres. The study succeeded also in identifying the number of sentences required to write a publishable research letter abstract and research article abstract in the field of biology. These findings have interesting implication on teaching academic writing and teaching English for publication purposes.

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