Didactic Oriented Study: Move and Transitivity Analysis of Method, Result, and Discussion Sections in Research Articles
Wawan Hendrawan
,
Eva Tuckyta Sari Sujatna
,
Ekaning Krisnawati
,
Nani Darmayanti
This study expounds how the analysis of move and transitivity in the method, result, and discussion sections contributes to the advancement of novice .
- Pub. date: July 15, 2022
- Pages: 1259-1272
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This study expounds how the analysis of move and transitivity in the method, result, and discussion sections contributes to the advancement of novice writers’ writing skills by providing a writing pattern applied when composing research articles. To this aim, a qualitative approach with descriptive technique is employed to encapsulate and explain the phenomena being studied. The data are the method, result, and discussion sections of research articles (RAs) drawn from top tier journals categorized as language and linguistics and analyzed based on macro structure (move and steps) and micro structure (transitivity). The results indicate that 11 moves and 38 steps discovered, in detail, these consist of three moves and 15 steps in method, four moves and 10 steps in result, and four moves and 13 steps in discussion. As for the successions of the move steps, few inter-move step shifts observed. This is in contrast with the outer-move step shifts that commonly occurred. Meanwhile, the outcomes of the transitivity analysis suggest that there are six processes revealed including material, relational, verbal, mental, existential, and behavioral consecutively with material dominating and behavioral the fewest. The results of the present study may supplement the teaching materials reside in English for a research purpose.
Keywords: Didactic oriented study, method, result and discussion sections, move, research article, transitivity.
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