Elucidating data analysis procedures in research reports on language education: an inquiry into writers? communicative resources
Helping learners acquire the skills in writing research methods constitutes an important component in various programmes in tertiary education. One of the challenges encountered by novice writers in language education has to do with the elucidation of data analysis procedures in experimental re...
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| description | Helping learners acquire the skills in writing
research methods constitutes an important component in
various programmes in tertiary education. One of the
challenges encountered by novice writers in language education
has to do with the elucidation of data analysis procedures in
experimental research reports. Adopting a genre-based
approach, this study analyses the rhetorical strategies and
linguistic resources used for recounting and justifying the steps
taken in analyzing data. Employing the Statistical Package for
Social Sciences (SPSS), the researcher conducted a quantitative
analysis of the rhetorical steps used by experienced writers in 32
experimental research reports published in eight reputed
international refereed journals. Attention was directed to the
determination of the degree to which the frequencies of the
steps under investigation-focused headings differ from those
under procedure-focused headings. A detailed qualitative
analysis of the writers’ textual data was also conducted to
identify the broad spectrum of language mechanisms employed
in recounting and justifying the data analysis procedures. The
findings have shed some light on what and how dissertation
supervisors and instructors can possibly highlight while guiding
second language writers to recount and justify data analysis
procedures in experimental studies on language education. |
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| spelling | ums.eprints-194742018-03-23T08:18:24Z https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/19474/ Elucidating data analysis procedures in research reports on language education: an inquiry into writers? communicative resources Lim, Jason Miin Hwa LB Theory and practice of education Helping learners acquire the skills in writing research methods constitutes an important component in various programmes in tertiary education. One of the challenges encountered by novice writers in language education has to do with the elucidation of data analysis procedures in experimental research reports. Adopting a genre-based approach, this study analyses the rhetorical strategies and linguistic resources used for recounting and justifying the steps taken in analyzing data. Employing the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS), the researcher conducted a quantitative analysis of the rhetorical steps used by experienced writers in 32 experimental research reports published in eight reputed international refereed journals. Attention was directed to the determination of the degree to which the frequencies of the steps under investigation-focused headings differ from those under procedure-focused headings. A detailed qualitative analysis of the writers’ textual data was also conducted to identify the broad spectrum of language mechanisms employed in recounting and justifying the data analysis procedures. The findings have shed some light on what and how dissertation supervisors and instructors can possibly highlight while guiding second language writers to recount and justify data analysis procedures in experimental studies on language education. International Journal of Social Science and Humanity(IJSSH) 2012-05 Article PeerReviewed text en https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/19474/1/Elucidating%20data%20analysis%20procedures%20in%20research%20reports%20on%20language%20education.pdf Lim, Jason Miin Hwa (2012) Elucidating data analysis procedures in research reports on language education: an inquiry into writers? communicative resources. International Journal of Social Science and Humanity, 2 (3). pp. 260-269. ISSN 2010-3646 http://www.ijssh.org/papers/107-H089.pdf |
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