Citation practice in the whole TESOL master’s theses by Vietnamese postgraduates

Citing previous works is an important rhetorical feature of academic writing and it is challenging for novice writers, especially non-native English writers (NNEWs). However, little is known about how NNEWs cite in each chapter of their master’s (M.A.) theses. This paper thus reports on the citati...

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Main Authors:	Nguyen, Thi Thuy Loan, Issra Pramoolsook
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Language:	English
Published:	Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2016
Online Access:	http://journalarticle.ukm.my/10729/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/10729/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/10729/1/13735-44196-1-PB.pdf

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spelling	ukm-107292017-10-07T17:40:05Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/10729/ Citation practice in the whole TESOL master’s theses by Vietnamese postgraduates Nguyen, Thi Thuy Loan Issra Pramoolsook, Citing previous works is an important rhetorical feature of academic writing and it is challenging for novice writers, especially non-native English writers (NNEWs). However, little is known about how NNEWs cite in each chapter of their master’s (M.A.) theses. This paper thus reports on the citation practice in 24 TESOL M.A. theses written by Vietnamese students. Citation types were first searched on the Antconc software with the use of the Regular Expressions (Regex) written for both conventional and ‘invented’ citing ways by this group of writers, and then based on Thompson and Tribble’s (2001) framework, citation functions were investigated and classified. Semi-structured interviews were also conducted with thesis writers and thesis supervisors. Besides the general citation practice by this group of NNEWs, and the different citation functions and types in different chapters of their theses, the study also found that these writers were not fully aware of the significance of citations as a rhetorical device in their thesis writing, and insufficient attention was paid to the in-text citations in the TESOL discourse community in Vietnam. These findings suggest explicit instructions on citations in order to help novice writers to fully acquire the citation use. Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2016 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/10729/1/13735-44196-1-PB.pdf Nguyen, Thi Thuy Loan and Issra Pramoolsook, (2016) Citation practice in the whole TESOL master’s theses by Vietnamese postgraduates. 3L; Language,Linguistics and Literature,The Southeast Asian Journal of English Language Studies., 22 (3). pp. 79-92. ISSN 0128-5157 http://ejournal.ukm.my/3l/issue/view/872
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description	Citing previous works is an important rhetorical feature of academic writing and it is challenging for novice writers, especially non-native English writers (NNEWs). However, little is known about how NNEWs cite in each chapter of their master’s (M.A.) theses. This paper thus reports on the citation practice in 24 TESOL M.A. theses written by Vietnamese students. Citation types were first searched on the Antconc software with the use of the Regular Expressions (Regex) written for both conventional and ‘invented’ citing ways by this group of writers, and then based on Thompson and Tribble’s (2001) framework, citation functions were investigated and classified. Semi-structured interviews were also conducted with thesis writers and thesis supervisors. Besides the general citation practice by this group of NNEWs, and the different citation functions and types in different chapters of their theses, the study also found that these writers were not fully aware of the significance of citations as a rhetorical device in their thesis writing, and insufficient attention was paid to the in-text citations in the TESOL discourse community in Vietnam. These findings suggest explicit instructions on citations in order to help novice writers to fully acquire the citation use.
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title	Citation practice in the whole TESOL master’s theses by Vietnamese postgraduates
title_short	Citation practice in the whole TESOL master’s theses by Vietnamese postgraduates
title_full	Citation practice in the whole TESOL master’s theses by Vietnamese postgraduates
title_fullStr	Citation practice in the whole TESOL master’s theses by Vietnamese postgraduates
title_full_unstemmed	Citation practice in the whole TESOL master’s theses by Vietnamese postgraduates
title_sort	citation practice in the whole tesol master’s theses by vietnamese postgraduates
publisher	Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
publishDate	2016
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Citation practice in the whole TESOL master’s theses by Vietnamese postgraduates

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