Critical Review on a Discourse Analysis Research: What Novice Writers Can Learn

Abstract

EFL learners inevitably will enter the world of academia, which makes it mandatory for them to write academic writings, especially in the form of research articles. They are obliged to broaden knowledge in the field of their interest by conducting research. Unfortunately, academic writing has always been a serious challenge for them. Writing research articles indeed requires them to be familiar with the writing guidelines, particularly about how the ideas are developed. This present study is therefore intended to assist EFL learners, particularly those who have just started their academic writing experience. Insight and ideas on how to write a research article are presented in this paper. To do that, a qualitative methodology on discourse analysis was employed. The data was taken from a research article focusing on discourse marker comparisons between academic and non-academic writings. The article is broken down in detail to provide a clear picture of how it is constructed by the authors. The analysis revealed that even though it contains some minor weaknesses, the research article overall is well-written and follows the author guidelines. This study allows EFL learners to receive more explicit input and, hopefully, adapt and adopt the steps of how the article is written.

Development and writing of a scientific manuscript in clinical areas: recommendations for its proper publication

“…Aunque su extensión no es mayor a 250 palabras (Forero et al, 2020), es recomendable considerar las especificaciones del journal al cual se enviará, ya que será el primer elemento leído y evaluado por los revisores (Cals y Kotz, 2013). Ante ello, se sugiere que, al redactar el primer apartado (en este caso, la Introducción) se resalte la importancia del manuscrito, las razones para su publicación y su objetivo principal (Singh-Bajwa y Sawhney, 2016; Williyan et al, 2023).…”

“…Después de la Introducción, se presenta una síntesis de la Metodología utilizada, describiendo principalmente el diseño de investigación, las características de la población y los análisis realizados (Williyan et al, 2023). A esto le sigue una breve presentación de los Resultados más importantes del AC, finalizando con propuestas para nuevas investigaciones en el apartado de Conclusiones (ver Tabla 3).…”