“How should Undergraduate Students Compose Research Article Introduction?” The Move and Step Recommended

Abstract

Writing a research article (RA) is not an understated substance that is complicated for undergraduate students. Introduction section is an essential part of RA since detail information about significance of the study and supporting researches are explored in the Introduction section. Pho's moves and steps are recommended as a realization for undergraduate students in composing research article Introduction (RAI). Consequently, this study presents a disquisition on the move pattern of novice students' RAIs as well as Pho's moves manifested in the RAIs. The selection of undergraduate students' RAIs was done in the field of English Education, Applied Linguistics, and Applied Literature. A qualitative study was conducted by doing observation and documentation in collecting the data. A Table of move-analysis was designed in identifying the description of each move and step of undergraduate students' RAIs. In analyzing the data, the Table was prepared to describe individual function of move and step. The findings imply the three moves of Pho's were necessary for writing RAI and inter-related among other moves, but undergraduate students were unaware of some Steps of the Moves. Related to the necessity of Moves and the students' ignorance, providing a rhetorical move course is recommended for further research on rhetorical moves.

Keywords: move, step, RAI, writing, undergraduate students

DOI: 10.7176/JEP/14-36-02

Publication date: December 31^st 2023