Rhetorical Moves in the Introductions of Islam-Related Research Articles

Abstract

This study aims at investigating the rhetorical pattern of research articles introductions in Islam-related research articles published in Indonesia. The data of this study are taken from journals acredited by the Ministry of Research, Technology and Highest Education of Indonesia (Kemenristek Dikti) and analyzed by using Swales CARS (2004) model. The results reveal a different macro structure of research articles, variants of moves placement in the introduction, and the tendency of skipping M2 in the articles. Moreover, the research articles also employ paragraphs that do not belong to any moves in Swales CARS (2004) model.

Rhetorical Patterns in the Writing of Introduction Section of Research Articles in English Academics

“…It can be happened because this step is crucial part explaining and stating the important of the problem which is become an initial step in doing research. This is also happened in previous research by several researchers (Adnan, 2009;Arsyad, 2013;Parnawati, 2017) that conducted research about rhetorical moves in Introduction section by Indonesian Speakers. It can be seen that both Indonesian speakers and English Academics regard Moves 1 as Obligatory move.…”

“…Regarding the writer's background, there are several studies focusing on Non-Native Speakers rhetorical patterns in writing introduction sections of RA (see Ahmad & Yusof, 2012;Arsyad, 2013;Adika, 2014;Arsyad & Wardhana, 2014;Chahal, 2014;Suryani et. al, 2014;Abdullah, 2016;Parnawati et. Al., 2017;Samad et.…”

Previous studies have several limitations …: Indonesian Doctoral Students’, Indonesian Academics’, and International Authors’ Research Gap Strategies in ELT Research Article Abstracts and Introductions

“…The curriculum developers have also provided several courses in which the objectives demand the students to produce RAs. Moreover, researchers, who focus on genre analysis of RAs, have also been in the limelight because their reports contribute to the advancement of knowledge, particularly in writing RAs (Ankomah & Afful, 2019;Hu & Liu, 2018;Irawati, Saukah, & Suharmanto, 2018;Kawase, 2018;Keshavarz, Atai, & Barzgar, 2007;Parnawati, Basthomi, & Ruslan, 2017;Rahman, Darus, & Amir, 2017;Rochma, Triastuti, & Ashadi, 2020;Samraj, 2005;Swales, 1990;Swales, 2004;Tanko, 2017). However, in the context of non-native English countries, such as Indonesia, understanding the rhetorical style of English RA is still lacking (Arono & Arsyad, 2019;Arsyad, Purwo, Sukamto, & Adnan, 2019, Khany, Aliakbari, & Mohammadi, 2019Su & Wood, 2012;Yonezawa, 2015).…”