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Siti Zakiah,2015

THE OBLIGATORY MOVESOF BACKGROUNDSECTION IN RESEARCH PROPOSALINTRODUCTIONS

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

APPROVAL PAGE ... i

PREFACE ... ii

DECLARATION ... iii

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ... iv

ABSTRACT ... v

TABLE OF CONTENTS ... vi

LIST OF TABLES ... viii

LIST OF FIGURES ... viii

CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background ... 1

1.2 Research Question ... 2

1.3 Aims of the Study ... 3

1.4 Scope of the Study ... 3

1.5 Significance of the Study ... 3

1.6 Clarification of the Study ... 4

1.7 Organization of the Paper ... 5

CHAPTER II LITERATURE REVIEW 2.1 Genre Analysis: English in Academic and Research Setting ... 6

2.1.1 Research Proposal as One of Academic Texts ... 7

2.1.2.1 Purpose of a Research Proposal... 8

2.1.1.2 Major Elements of a Research Proposal ... 9

2.1.2 Introduction Chapter ... 9

2.1.2.1 Purpose of Introduction ... 10

2.1.2.2 Typical Structure of Introduction ... 12

2.2 Argumentative as a genre in Research Proposal ... 17

2.3 Previous Studies on Research Proposals and Moves Analysis in Academic Articles... 20

2.4 Concluding Remark ... 25

CHAPTER III 3.1 Research Question ... 26

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3.3 Data Collection ... 27

3.3.1 Research Site ... 27

3.3.2 Population ... 27

3.3.3 Sample of the Study ... 28

3.3.4 Research Instruments ... 28

3.4 Data Analysis ... 29

CHAPTER IV FINDINGS AND ANALYSIS OF THE STUDY 4.1 The Obligatory Moves of Students’ Background Research Proposal Introductions ... 31

4.1.1 Move-1c: Reporting the Proposer’s Own Previous Research ... 33

4.1.2 Move-2: Establishing a Niche/ Indicating a Gap of Previous Research .. 36

4.1.3 Move-3a: Outlining Purposes/ Objectives ... 40

CHAPTER V CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS 5.1 Conclusion ... 42

5.2 Recommendations ... 43

REFERENCES ... 44

APPENDICES Appendix 1: List of the Obligatory Move Occurrences in 50 Background Research Proposal Introductions ... 49

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LIST OF TABLES

Table 2.1 Major Elements of a research proposal and their purposes ... 9

Table 2.2 Moves in research papers introduction ... 13

Table 2.3 Typical moves in introduction section ... 14

Table 3.1 Obligatory move labeling of research proposal introductions ... 28

Table 3.2 Rubric for analyzing three obligatory moves of research proposal introduction background ... 29

Table 4.1 The Obligatory move occurrences in 50 background research proposal introducitons ... 31

LIST OF FIGURES Figure 2.1 The paper hourglass ... 11