A Comparison Between an Indonesian and an English Journal Published in Indonesia

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10.2991/assehr.k.211227.006How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Research article introduction; creating a research space; rhetorical styles

Abstract

One of the challenges faced by Indonesian writers in writing the research paper is writing the introduction section. Different from other forms of writing, the Research Article Introduction (RAI) section in the academic research articles have specific structure, formats and convention. The previous studies suggested that, for most students, writing research articles seemed more demanding for writers since they had to struggle with the structural and linguistic aspects of writing, making this ability their unique experience. Despite several studies investigating the writing of the research introduction in research paper, the ones which compare the introduction writing across different languages were still rare. The current study is focused on exploring one genre of academic writing done by 20 Indonesian and foreign writers of an Indonesian and an English journal using the CARS (Creating a Research Space) framework proposed by Swale. According to Swale, introduction in the research paper employs three moves comprising establishing the territory, establishing a niche and occupying a niche. The data revealed that an explicit gap statement was often not found in both Indonesian and English research introduction. This shows that the rhetorical styles of the Indonesian and English RAIs written by Indonesian writers are very different from those in English RAIs as suggested by Swales.

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© 2021 The Authors. Published by Atlantis Press SARL.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Endro Dwi Hatmanto
PY  - 2021
DA  - 2021/12/29
TI  - A Comparison Between an Indonesian and an English Journal Published in Indonesia
BT  - Proceedings of the International Conference on Sustainable Innovation Track Humanities Education and Social Sciences (ICSIHESS 2021)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 33
EP  - 37
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.211227.006
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.211227.006
ID  - Hatmanto2021
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