WRITING INDONESIAN AND ENGLISH RESEARCH ARTICLE INTRODUCTION: THE IMPLEMENTATION OF SWALES MODEL
Abstract
This study was conducted in an attempt to provide a solution for writers generally in writing a proper research article that is acceptable to the international community journal. To find an alternative solution, the authors explore how the model applied Swales in writing research articles. Swales model is one model that can be accepted and has been used extensively in writing the introduction. The implementation of Swales exploration model is conducted through qualitative research. Six preliminary research articles written in Indonesian and six research articles written by speakers of English are analyzed by using analysis model Swales (2004) for three purposes: 1) to identify the move and their sub-units, step, used in research articles in Indonesian; 2) describes a generic pattern identified in the preliminary research articles in Indonesian language; and 3) comparing patterns obtained with generic scientific articles in English. Introduction on each article in both Indonesian and English were analyzed divided into three move and analyzed based on the purpose of communication in every step of text originating from each move, which will be obtained writing patterns of each article.
Keywords
predecessor, articles, studies, English, Indonesian, Model Swales