REFLECTION OF RHETORICAL PATTERN IN THE INTRODUCTION OF ACADEMIC RESEARCH REPORTS
Abstract: There exists a
reciprocal relationship among thought, culture, and language. The relationship
is clearly seen in the form of rhetoric. However, rhetoric is different from
culture to culture. Certainly, this principle gives a big implication to
English teaching as a foreign language. This recent study aimed at
investigating the way Indonesian writers establish their rhetoric reflected in
the introduction chapter of English academic reports (theses). The study also
tried to investigate type of rhetoric of Indonesian reflected in the
introduction of English theses. The data were collected by using the technique,
namely documentation and text analysis andanalysed by the researcher on the
basis the scientific writing agreement model especially that is introduced by
Swales and Connor & Lauer model. The result showed that Indonesian writers
establish their rhetoricreflected in the introduction of English theses in an
appropriate manner of scientific writing. Besides, therhetoric applied by
Indonesian writer in the introduction of English theses has followed deductive
type of reasoning
Author: Tanzil Huda
Journal Code: jppendidikangg160241
