| Acknowledgement Sections are part of academic genre that can be found in the beginning of Thesis or Dissertation. By examining the rhetorical moves in the Acknowledgement section, this study aims at revealing how the moves in the Acknowledgments Section written by the graduate students are sequenced and to what extent these moves are culture specific. This study examined 50 acknowledgement section of Master’s theses written by students majoring in Applied English Linguistics in the context of English as a Foreign Language (EFL). Hyland and Tse’s (2004) rhetorical move was adapted as the model to see whether or not it confirmed the present study. The result showed that there were three moves found in this study. The moves are as follows: 1) Thanking announcing-reflecting move 2) Announcing-thanking-reflecting move 3) Reflecting-thanking-announcing move. However, among the three moves revealed, one of them confirmed the study by Hyland and Tse (2004) in terms of move sequence i.e., the last move (Reflecting-thanking-announcing). In addition, the students’ cultural aspects also varied and they played a significant role in conveying their gratitude and acknowledgments to those who give their contribution during their study. |