A COMPARATIVE MOVE ANALYSIS OF INTER-DISCIPLINARY RESEARCH ARTICLES WRITTEN BY REPUTABLE INDONESIAN AUTHORS THROUGHOUT THEIR EARLY-CAREER PERIOD
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Publishing scientific papers, particularly research articles (RAs), has become a requirement and essential component for academics’ life. As a result, there is a growing need for academics to produce research articles for international publications. However, many writers, especially novice and inexperienced ones, still struggle to achieve this goal because they fail to adhere to the accepted conventions. This study attempts to look into the rhetorical moves in full-length English RAs written by reputable Indonesian lecturers from the hard and soft sciences disciplines in the early stage of their careers. This study employed a modified framework of analysis proposed by Maswana et al. in 2015. The findings showed that, in general, the papers’ rhetorical structures from abstract to conclusion were quite comparable, reflecting the universal writing rules of a research paper. However, the striking difference lies in the method section, specifically the absence of Move 5 in all soft sciences articles. This may be due to disciplinary conventions. The findings of the study may offer insightful instructional material that can assist students or researchers in honing their academic writing abilities.
Keywords: early-career; full-length English RAs; hard sciences; move analysis; rhetorical structure; soft sciences.
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Chuang, W., & Chen, C.-C. (2021). Move structures and cognitive genres in the methods sections of experimental research articles and corpus-based studies in applied linguistics. International Journal of English Linguistics, 11(1), 10-21. doi.org/10.5539/ijel.v11n1p10
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Gao, S., & Pramoolsook, I. (2021). Move-step structure of the results and discussion section of electronic engineering research articles written by chinese and thai researchers. The Journal of Teaching English for Specific and Academic Purposes, 9(4), 725-739. https://doi.org/10.22190/JTESAP2104725G
Hafidzoh, K., & Hardjanto, T. D. (2019). Discourse patterns of applied linguistics research article abstracts in English. 3rd English Language and Literature International Conference (ELLiC), 3, pp. 356-361. Semarang: Faculty of Foreign Language and Culture Universitas Muhammadiyah Semarang.
Harisbaya, A. I., Kurniawan, E., & Lubis, A. H. (2023). Authors’ affiliation influence towards rhetorical moves and linguistic features of rejected RAAs. ENGLISH REVIEW: Journal of English Education, 11(1), 171-182. https://doi.org/10.25134/erjee.v11i1.7579
Hollywood, A., McCarthy, D., Spencely, C., & Winstone, N. (2020). ‘Overwhelmed at first’: the experience of career development in early career academic. Journal of Further and Higher Education, 44(7), 998-1012. https://doi.org/10.1080/0309877X.2019.1636213
Indrian, R. D., & Ardi, P. (2019). Rhetorical structures of english-major undergraduate thesis introduction chapters. Indonesian Journal of EFL and Linguistics, 4(2), 195-214. https://doi.org/10.21462/ijefl.v4i2.166
Kashiha, H., & Marandi, S. (2019). Rhetoric-specific features of interactive metadiscourse in introduction moves: A case discipline awareness. Southern African Linguistics and Applies Language Studies, 37(1), 1-14. https://doi.org/10.2989/16073614.2018.1548294
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Kurniawan, E., & Lubis, A. H. (2020). A comparative move analysis on the qualitative and quantitative findings and discussion sections written by EFL undergraduate students. The Asian ESP Journal, 16(6.1), 137-162.
Kurniawan, E., Lubis, A. H., Suherdi, D., & Danuwijaya, A. A. (2019). Rhetorical organization of applied linguistics abstracts: Does scopus journal quartile matter? GEMA Online, 19(4), 184-202. https://doi.org/10.17576/gema-2019-1904-10
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Lubis, A. H. (2019). The argumentation structure of research article ‘findings and discussion’ sections written by non-native English speaker novice writers: A case of Indonesian undergraduate students. Asian Englishes, 22(2), 143-162. https://doi.org/10.1080/13488678.2019.1669300
Luthfianda, S. N., Kurniawan, E., & Gunawan, W. (2021). Rhetorical structures of introductions in soft and hard science international journals written by Indonesian scholars. Journal of English Language Teaching and Linguistics, 6(2), 343-358. https://doi.org/10.21462/jeltl.v6i2.563
Maswana, S., Kanamaru, T., & Tajino, A. (2015). Move analysis of research articles across five engineering fields: What they share and what they do not. Ampersand, 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amper.2014.12.002
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Nurcik, A. B., Kurniawan, E., & Lubis, A. H. (2022). Rhetorical moves analysis on scopus-indexed research article abstracts by national and international authors. English Review: Journal of English Education, 10(2), 349-358. https://doi.org/10.25134/erjee.v10i2.6235
Nwogu, K. N. (1997). The medical research paper: Structure and functions. English for Specific Purposes, 16(2), 119-138. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0889-4906(97)85388-4
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Salager-Meyer, F. (1990). Discoursal flaws in medical English abstracts: A genre analysis per research- and text-type. Text - Interdisciplinary Journal for the Study of Discourse, 10(4). https://doi.org/10.1515/text.1.1990.10.4.365
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Sheldon, D. E. (2018). Knowledge construction of discussion/conclusion sections of research articles written by English L1 and L2 and Castilian Spanish L1 writers. Journal of English for Academic Purposes. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeap.2018.11.002
Suherdi, D., Kurniawan, E., & Lubis, A. H. (2020, May). A genre analysis of research article ‘findings and discussion’ sections written by Indonesian undergraduate EFL students. Indonesian Journal of Applied Linguistics, 10(1), 59-72. https://doi.org/10.17509
Swales, J. (1990). Genre analysis: English in academic and research settings. Cambridge University Press.
Ulya, S. (2022). Rhetorical moves variations of research article discussion sections published in reputable journals. Premise: Journal of English Education and Applied Linguistics, 11(3), 632-645. https://doi.org/10.24127/pj.v11i3.5615
Ye, Y. (2019). Macrostructures and rhetorical moves in energy engineering research articles written by Chinese expert writers. Journal of English for Academic Purposes, 38(1), 48-61. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeap.2019.01.007