THE RHETORICAL STRUCTURE OF METHOD SECTION OF RESEARCH ARTICLES IN REPUTABLE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING PUBLISHED IN INDONESIA

This study investigated the rhetorical structure in method section in English
language teaching articles. A corpus consisting of 80 research articles in reputable
international journal of English language teaching published in Indonesia was
systematically sampled to serve as data input for analysis. The results showed that
the method section of English language teaching articles were characterized by
structural complexity and rich, nuanced descriptions. English language teaching
researchers generally used three rhetorical moves to realize the overall
communication goal of the methods section: 1) Describing the research design, 2)
Describing the data collection procedures, and 3) Describing the data analysis
procedures. While Move-1 was a Conventional move and did not have constituent
steps, the second and third Move have a series of constituent steps, with Move-2
was an Obligatory move and the Move-3 was a Conventional. The most
hypothetical model of method section in the results of this research were
Describing research design (M1), Describing the Data Collection Procedure
(M2): Describing the Samples (Move 2- Step B), Describing Research Instruments
(Move 2- Step C), Elaborating on Data Collection Procedure (Move 2-Step D),
and Describing the Data Analysis Procedure (Move 3): Relating (or recounting)
data analysis procedure/s (Move 3- Step A). These Moves and Steps provide very
detailed information on various aspects of the methodology. Pedagogically, the
results can provide input for lecturers and students in reading and writing research
method section of English education field.
Keywords: Academic writing, Rhetorical structure, Research method, Reputable
international journal