Siregar, Muhammad Iqbal
(2023)
A Rhetorical Analysis on the Conclusion Section of Research Articles Published in International and National Applied Linguistics Journals.
Masters thesis, Program Pasca Sarjana FBS Universitas Negeri Padang.
Abstract
The conclusion is the second part that will be read after the abstract when people want to know the entire contents of the research article with limited time and this section has what is unsaid or mentioned in the abstract. Therefore, the conclusion is an essential part of the research article. This research aims to investigate the rhetorical structure in the conclusion section of the research articles published in international and national applied linguistics journals. The sample of this research was 20 international and 20 national research articles. The total sample was 40 RAs.
This research used descriptive quantitative as the methodology. The data were collected by using a checklist table as an instrument. This research conducted a content analysis method using Moritz’s (2008) move model. The result indicated that all moves occurred in datasets with different percentages. Most of the moves in international journals were relatively higher appearing than those in national
journals except for move 6 (making deductions from the research). The highest move was move 4 (100%) in the international corpus and move 6 (74%) in the national corpus. At the same time, the last frequent move was move 1 both in national and international, with each percentage of 50% and 35%. Move 4 only appeared 100% in the international corpus and was categorized as obligatory. This
study has pedagogical significance for a better comprehension of academic writing,
especially concerning the genre of a research article.
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