Moves and Linguistic Realizations: English Research Article Abstracts by Vietnamese Agricultural Researchers  

Oleh:

Zhang, Baoya ; Thi Thuc, Quyen Bui ; Pramoolsook, Issra

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: The Asian ESP Journal vol. 8 no. 3 (2012), page 126-149.
Topik: research article abstracts; Vietnamese agricultural researchers; rhetorical moves; linguistic features
Fulltext: 126-149.pdf (183.49KB)

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Writing RA abstracts is a daunting task for novice NNS writers. The purpose of this study was to explore how Vietnamese agricultural researchers write abstracts. A dataset of twenty English RA abstracts by Vietnamese agricultural researchers served as the primary data for the investigation. First, the rhetorical move structure of the abstracts was analyzed with reference to Hyland’s (2000) framework. Second, two aspects of language use were examined: grammatical constructions including voice, tense, and that-complement clauses; and interactional metadiscourse including attitudinal stance, hedging, and self-reference. Finally, the typical grammatical errors in the abstracts were identified. The results revealed that the majority of the abstracts employed the Purpose, Method and Product moves but lacked the Introduction and Conclusion moves, considerably reducing the effectiveness of the abstracts. With regard to linguistic features, the active voice and the passive voice, the present tense and the past tense, and that-complements were generally common, but with varying degrees across the moves. However, interactional metadiscourse was found to be a rarity in the abstracts. In addition, singular and plural forms of nouns, diction, and the use of the comma were found to be problematic. These findings indicate a need for an increased amount of form-based instruction in academic writing courses that is aimed at raising novice writers’ awareness of the generic structure and addressing their linguistic deficiencies related to abstract writing.

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