How Do Novice and Experienced Indonesian Authors Rhetorically Organize Research Article Introduction?

Abstract

Research article introduction, among other sections, plays a pivotal role in illuminating the significance of the research topic being investigated and in situating the contribution of the research to the body of knowledge in the field. A quality introduction can determine the successful publication process in international journals. Genre analysis through move analysis, therefore, has generated several models to organize the introduction section rhetorically well. However, little attention is devoted to exploring the introduction written by novice and experienced authors. Hence, this study aims to examine the similarities and discrepancies of rhetorical organization of introduction sections written by both groups in Indonesian context. Eight journal article introductions were analyzed by using Swales' ( 2004) revised creating a Research Space model. The moves and steps were analysed, followed by analysing the linguistic realizations of the introductions. The findings revealed that both novice and experienced Indonesian authors manifested the three moves, i.e. Move 1, Establishing a territory; Move 2, establishing a niche; and Move 3, presenting the present work. However, experienced authors were more aware of indicating the gap than novice counterparts before presenting their works in the step level. The realizations of some linguistic features (i.e. tense, voice, hedging, and citation patterns) were further discussed between both groups. This study concludes that the authors' expertise with international publication partly affects the quality of their introduction. Pedagogical implication and recommendation for future research are also presented.

A Comparative Move Analysis of Low and High-Impact Social Science Scopus Journal Articles Written by Reputable Indonesian Authors

“…The results of the article strengthen Maswana's (2015) genre analysis approach of demonstrating rhetorical organization in the social humanities field. Besides, this article also completes some previous studies of rhetorical move analysis in the abstracts (Fauzan et al, 2020;Kaya & Yağız, 2020;Kurniawan, et al, 2019); introductions (Kanoksilapatham, 2007;Lu, Yoon, & Kisselev, 2021;Luthfianda et al, 2021;Nabilla et al, 2021); literature reviews (Rabie & Boraie, 2021;Soler-Monreal, 2015); methods (Bruce, 2008;Musa et al, 2015); findings and discussions (Lubis, 2019;Suherdi et al, 2020). Moreover, this study might serve as a guide for researchers in Indonesia who are striving to produce more visible and impactful research articles.…”

“…There have been numerous previous studies that have analyzed the rhetorical structure of research articles, starting from abstract discourse patterns (Fauzan et al, 2020;Kaya & Yağız, 2020;Kurniawan, et al, 2019); introductions (Kanoksilapatham, 2007;Lu et al, 2021;Luthfianda et al, 2021;Nabilla et al, 2021); literature reviews (Rabie & Boraie, 2021;Soler-Monreal, 2015); methods (Bruce, 2008;Musa, Khamis, & Zanariah, 2015); findings and discussions (Lubis, 2019;Suherdi et al, 2020). There has been numerous research on move analysis conducted, but there has not been much study on motion analysis from the abstract to the conclusion part.…”

Rhetorical move structure of soft and hard science research article introductions by novice Indonesian authors

“…Considering the complexity of writing research article introduction, genre approach through move analysis is assumed to be useful for getting a good grasp of introduction section organization (Nabilla et al, 2021). Move analysis investigates the rhetorical structure of a genre that is composed of communicative and sub-communicative functions-better known as moves and steps (Swales, 1990(Swales, , 2004.…”

Authors’ Affiliation Influence Towards Rhetorical Moves and Linguistic Features of Rejected Raas

“…Most researchers just explore research article, MA thesis, or dissertation in the area of English native and non-native speakers (e.g. Jawad, 2018;Noorizadeh-Honami & Chalak, 2018;Sadeghi & Alinasab, 2020), novice and expert authors (e.g. Fatma & Yağiz, 2020;Nabilla et al, 2021;Ye, 2019) various disciplines of study (e.g.…”

“…Jawad, 2018;Noorizadeh-Honami & Chalak, 2018;Sadeghi & Alinasab, 2020), novice and expert authors (e.g. Fatma & Yağiz, 2020;Nabilla et al, 2021;Ye, 2019) various disciplines of study (e.g. Bhatti et al, 2019;Gani et al, 2021;Huang, 2018;Omidian et al, 2018;Qurratu'aini, 2022), or national and/or international authors (e.g.…”