Rhetorical structure of Discussion section in undergraduate students’ theses
Thesis completion is a challenging task for English majors due to their lack of experience in the genre of academic writing. Thus, this paper aims to investigate the Discussion section in undergraduate students’ theses, adopting Yang and Allison’s (2003) framework. The data was collected from 30 Dis...
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HO CHI MINH CITY OPEN UNIVERSITY JOURNAL OF SCIENCE
2023-06-01
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| description | Thesis completion is a challenging task for English majors due to their lack of experience in the genre of academic writing. Thus, this paper aims to investigate the Discussion section in undergraduate students’ theses, adopting Yang and Allison’s (2003) framework. The data was collected from 30 Discussion sections from 30 theses undertaken by English majors at a university in Vietnam. Move analysis was employed to analyze the data. The results indicated that all the sections conformed strictly to the four moves of the standard structure. However, little attention was paid to several steps such as: comparing with previous studies, accounting for the results, evaluating the results, indicating the contribution, evaluating the methods, and making suggestions. The findings put forth some recommendations to enhance academic writing skills for students at A university and other institutions of similar context. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-de4bf94ad8d444ca9b1ed86756335fd52023-07-12T03:58:10ZengHO CHI MINH CITY OPEN UNIVERSITY JOURNAL OF SCIENCETạp chí Khoa học Đại học Mở Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh - Khoa học Xã hội2734-93492734-96162023-06-01181485510.46223/HCMCOUJS.soci.vi.18.1.2600.20231908Rhetorical structure of Discussion section in undergraduate students’ thesesPhạm Thị Tố Loan0Nguyễn Thị Phương Thùy1Trường Đại học Thương mại, Hà NộiTrường Đại học Khoa học Xã hội và Nhân văn, ĐHQG-Hà Nội, Hà NộiThesis completion is a challenging task for English majors due to their lack of experience in the genre of academic writing. Thus, this paper aims to investigate the Discussion section in undergraduate students’ theses, adopting Yang and Allison’s (2003) framework. The data was collected from 30 Discussion sections from 30 theses undertaken by English majors at a university in Vietnam. Move analysis was employed to analyze the data. The results indicated that all the sections conformed strictly to the four moves of the standard structure. However, little attention was paid to several steps such as: comparing with previous studies, accounting for the results, evaluating the results, indicating the contribution, evaluating the methods, and making suggestions. The findings put forth some recommendations to enhance academic writing skills for students at A university and other institutions of similar context.https://journalofscience.ou.edu.vn/index.php/soci-vi/article/view/2600cấu trúc thể loạichuyên ngữkhóa luậnphần thảo luậnsinh viênviết học thuật |
| spellingShingle | Phạm Thị Tố Loan Nguyễn Thị Phương Thùy Rhetorical structure of Discussion section in undergraduate students’ theses Tạp chí Khoa học Đại học Mở Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh - Khoa học Xã hội cấu trúc thể loại chuyên ngữ khóa luận phần thảo luận sinh viên viết học thuật |
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