Move analysis of results-discussion chapters in TESOL Master’s theses written by Vietnamese students
Results and Discussion chapters are considered difficult to write in a thesis, especially for non-native English writers. However, few studies have been conducted on how writers compose these two genres. This study, therefore, explores the move-step structures of these two chapters in 24 Master’s...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Pusat Pengajian Bahasa dan Linguistik, FSSK, UKM
2015
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| Online Access: | http://journalarticle.ukm.my/8856/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/8856/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/8856/1/8227-25726-1-PB.pdf |
| Summary: | Results and Discussion chapters are considered difficult to write in a thesis, especially for non-native English
writers. However, few studies have been conducted on how writers compose these two genres. This study,
therefore, explores the move-step structures of these two chapters in 24 Master’s theses written by Vietnamese
postgraduates. Based on the framework by Chen and Kuo (2012) and the discourse-based interviews with actual
thesis writers and supervisors, the study found that this group of writers constructed the genres according to
their perceived communicative purposes of these chapters. Moreover, the presence of section/chapter
introduction-next section/chapter introduction-section/chapter summary cycles tends to reflect the distinctive
composition of these texts at the TESOL discourse community in Vietnam. These findings suggest that explicit
instructions on rhetorical structures of these two genres should be provided to non-native English writers and
attention should also be paid to specific practice of a genre composition in a particular discourse community. |
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