Move structures found in the final project abstracts written by Indonesians and Filipinos

Slamet Utomo,Diah Kurniati,Atik Rokhayani,Ana Espejo Mira�A

doi:10.30659/e.7.1.32-43

Abstract

This study was conducted to investigate the move structures of the final project report abstracts produced by the undergraduate students of the English Education Department (EED-UMK) Indonesia and by the Secondary Education undergraduate students of Central Bicol State University of Agriculture (CBSUA) Philippine. This study employed the content analysis method. Sample final project reports from EED-UMK and CBSUA were gathered and analyzed. The findings of this research revealed that the abstracts of EED-UMK and CBSUA used different move structures patterns. The majority of EED-UMK abstracts (80%) referred to Hyland's five move structures, which consisted of introduction, purpose, method, product, and conclusion (I-P-M-Pr-C). Meanwhile, one of the CBSUA abstracts (20%) applied Bathia�s four move structures consisting of purpose, method, result, and conclusion (P-M-R-C). The remaining of the EED UMK and CBSUA abstracts did not address either Bathia's or Hyland's styles. This study concludes that the two Universities have different style structures in writing the final report abstracts. This study suggests that students use the move structure style consistently in their abstracts.

Highlights

Before graduating with an undergraduate degree, students from the English Education Department at Universitas Muria Kudus (EED-UMK) Indonesia and the secondary education students of Central Bicol State University of Agriculture (CBSUA) the Philippines must submit a final project report
Structures found in the final project abstracts written by Indonesians and Filipinos
The results of the data analysis show that the writers of those abstracts drew the conclusion of their research by using the expression “the conclusion” at the beginning of the sentence, or it can be concluded, and the writer concludes. This present study concludes that the EED-UMK abstracts and CBSUA abstracts have different move structure patterns

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Introduction

Before graduating with an undergraduate degree, students from the English Education Department at Universitas Muria Kudus (EED-UMK) Indonesia and the secondary education students of Central Bicol State University of Agriculture (CBSUA) the Philippines must submit a final project report. This final project is a part of the curriculum in both universities which are having academic collaboration. The final project report that students must write has many chapters, including an introduction, a review of related literature, the method of the research, the findings, and a discussion. Like other academic research studies, the final project reports are completed with abstracts.

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