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RAMADHANTY
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 CHAPTER II :
CHAPTER I : CHAPTER III :
LITERATURE
INTRODUCTION METHODOLOGY
REVIEW
 CHAPTER I
INTRODUCTION
• Write theses to
complete the study

• Many mistakes
and erros
happen

• Structural thing
ignored by
student
 RESEARCH QUESTION

What are the Rhetorical Moves of the

Background section of Postgraduate
English Department Students theses
based on CARS model?
 RESEARCH OBJECTIVE

To find out the Rhetorical Moves of the

Background section of Postgraduate
English Department Students theses
based on CARS model?
 LIMITATION

- Postgraduate English Education Departement

Students Of Bengkulu University
- CARS Model by JOHN SWALES
- Rhetorical Moves in Student’s Background of the
Theses
 SIGNIFICANCE

Theoritical Practical
Contribution Contribution

Provide a general This research hopefully

guidence by the experts
to write a background of
the Theses using
Rhetorical Moves based
on the CARS model.
can be a reference to
develop future study
which is related to
rhetorical moves
analysis in Theses
 CHAPTER II
LITERATURE
REVIEW
 WHAT IS BACKGROUND RHETORICAL
THESIS? OF THESIS MOVES

-Document - Linguistic pattern,

- Part of a research stage, or structure
submitted in support
provided in the conventionally
of candidature for found in a text or in
introduction section
an Academic Degree a segment of a
of the paper
- Presenting the text.
author's research
and findings
 Chen and Kuo’s (2012)
Framework for MA Theses in
Applied Linguistics

RHETORICAL
MOVES IMRAD Theory by John
THEORIES Swales

CARS Model by John

Swales
 CARS MODEL
MOVE 1 Establishing a Move 2: Establishing a Move 3: Occupying a
Territory Niche Niche

Step 1: Claiming Step lA: Outlining

Counter-claiming
Centrality Purposes

Step 1B: Announcing

Step 2: Making Topic Indicating a Gap
Present Research
Generalizations
Step 2: Announcing
Question-raising
Principal Findings
Step 3: Reviewing
Previous Items of Step 3: Indicating the
Continuing a Tradition
Research Structure
 PREVIOUS STUDY
Ren and Li (2011: 162) compared the study on the
rhetorical moves of abstracts in published research articles
and master‟s foreign language theses.

Vahid and friends (2016) “Rhetorical Moves in

Problem Statement Section of Iranian EFL
Postgarduate Students’ Theses”

Rosy Putri Andika “RHETORICAL MOVES AND LINGUISTIC

FEATURES OF JOURNAL ARTICLE ABSTRACTS BY
POSTGRADUATE STUDENTS, NATIONALAND
INTERNATIONAL AUTHORS IN APPLIED LINGUISTICS”
 CHAPTER III
METHODOLOGY
 INSTRUMENT

MOVE 1 Establishing a Move 2: Establishing a Move 3: Occupying a

Territory Niche Niche

Step 1: Claiming Step lA: Outlining

Counter-claiming
Centrality Purposes

Step 1B: Announcing

Step 2: Making Topic Indicating a Gap
Present Research
Generalizations
Step 2: Announcing
Question-raising
Principal Findings
Step 3: Reviewing
Previous Items of Step 3: Indicating the
Continuing a Tradition
Research Structure
 RESEARCH PROCEDURES

Consultation

Construct instruments

Analyze the instruments

Gathering the Data

DATA COLLECTING
 DATA ANALYSIS

Data were Researcher read

The data were
collected by carefully entire
analyzed using
Postgraduate Background part
content analysis
English Students of the theses

The instrument of The researcher

checklist grouping/coding
structure moves the data based
were identified on the moves
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