Abstract
Due to the global era, bachelor thesis abstracts written by non-native English speakers (Indonesians) from non-English departments in Indonesia are usually written in two languages, i.e. Indonesian and English. The English bachelor thesis abstracts are mostly the translated ones from Indonesian and do not always follow the features of abstract genre. This study aims at examining the rhetorical moves of English bachelor thesis abstracts written by students from non-English departments. The data consisted of twenty abstracts selected randomly from hard and social science departments of Universitas Muria Kudus. The analysis employed Hyland’s five rhetorical move model. The study reveals that most English bachelor thesis abstracts did not follow the five rhetorical moves. The absence of some rhetorical moves in the English bachelor thesis abstracts may lead to the communicative purposes not achieved and thus might cause difficulty for readers to understand the study.Keywords: move, English bachelor thesis abstract, Indonesians
Highlights
Abstract genre is usually found in research articles, thesis, dissertations, conference papers, and grant proposals
This present study aims at examining the English bachelorthesis abstracts written by non-native speakers (Indonesian) from non-English departments
The result of the analysis shows that the English bachelorthesis abstracts do not always follow the structure of rhetorical moves
Summary
Abstract genre is usually found in research articles, thesis, dissertations, conference papers, and grant proposals. It is the first to be read after title and before introduction. This special location is related to the significant function of abstract, that is, to represent the content of the text briefly. Abstracts can be used as ‘ advance indicators of the content and structure of the following text’ (Swales, 1990: 179). Readers do not have to read the whole text, since only by reading the abstract, they have already known what the text is about. This means abstracts save their time and at the same time help them decide to go on reading the entire text or not
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