How Do Novice and Experienced Indonesian Authors Rhetorically Organize Research Article Introduction?

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10.2991/assehr.k.210427.076How to use a DOI?

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Expertise, introduction, novice, research article, rhetorical moves

Abstract

Research article introduction, among other sections, plays a pivotal role in illuminating the significance of the research topic being investigated and in situating the contribution of the research to the body of knowledge in the field. A quality introduction can determine the successful publication process in international journals. Genre analysis through move analysis, therefore, has generated several models to organize the introduction section rhetorically well. However, little attention is devoted to exploring the introduction written by novice and experienced authors. Hence, this study aims to examine the similarities and discrepancies of rhetorical organization of introduction sections written by both groups in Indonesian context. Eight journal article introductions were analyzed by using Swales’ (2004) revised creating a Research Space model. The moves and steps were analysed, followed by analysing the linguistic realizations of the introductions. The findings revealed that both novice and experienced Indonesian authors manifested the three moves, i.e. Move 1, Establishing a territory; Move 2, establishing a niche; and Move 3, presenting the present work. However, experienced authors were more aware of indicating the gap than novice counterparts before presenting their works in the step level. The realizations of some linguistic features (i.e. tense, voice, hedging, and citation patterns) were further discussed between both groups. This study concludes that the authors’ expertise with international publication partly affects the quality of their introduction. Pedagogical implication and recommendation for future research are also presented.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Salma Nabilla
AU  - Sahira Nurul Luthfianda
AU  - Didi Suherdi
AU  - Eri Kurniawan
AU  - Wawan Gunawan
AU  - Arif Husein Lubis
PY  - 2021
DA  - 2021/04/28
TI  - How Do Novice and Experienced Indonesian Authors Rhetorically Organize Research Article Introduction?
BT  - Proceedings of the Thirteenth Conference on Applied Linguistics (CONAPLIN 2020)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 502
EP  - 507
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.210427.076
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.210427.076
ID  - Nabilla2021
ER  -