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    A corpus- based analysis of grammatical cohesive devices in master thesis abstracts
    (Oum-El-Bouaghi, 2020) Adjab, Imane; Senoussi, Nadjet
    An abstract is a short summary of all the major elements in research report which allows the reader to get the main information without reading the whole document. Since, it is a significant part of an academic writing that will be read by educational people, the writing of an abstract, therefore should be as clear as possible and the logical relation among sentences is coherent and cohesive. This can be realized by using grammatical cohesive devices. Accordingly, with respect to L'Arbi Ben M'hidi University, the present study aims to analyze the use of grammatical cohesive devices in the abstract section. To achieve this end, a contextual analysis of these devices is carried out on a corpus comprised of 20 abstract sections drawn from language science master thesis. Then, the frequencies of the various types of grammatical cohesive devices across the corpus were recorded using AntConc, a robust computational toolkit. After gathering the data, they were classified according to Halliday & Hasan (1976) taxonomy. The interpretation of the results shows that 2nd year master students used some grammatical cohesive devices repeatedly and ignored others. Consequently, this low of proficiency is reflected to the limited vocabulary of most students on one hand, and to the little importance teachers gave to these cohesive ties on the other hand. On the basis of these findings, a number of pedagogical implications are offered and suggestions for further research are proposed.
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    Genre analysis in progress a comparative study of master and doctoral dissertations’ abstracts
    (Oum-El-Bouaghi, 2020) Benabbes, Bouchra; Zakou, Ilyas; Chaira, Farid
    Abstract sections are a growing area of study in the field of English for academic purposes (EAP). From a discourse-analytic standpoint, researchers increasingly aspire to scrutinize and understand these multifunctional texts. It may be unlikely to make a research paper appear more valuable than it actually is, however, it is probable to appear worse. Therefore, the quality of the original work and the continuation of its reading process tend to be determined by the abstract form and content. The argument for investigating master and doctoral dissertations' abstracts is that they have a special position in the establishment of their research field of expertise. Comparative genre-based studies of the abstract section belonging to Algerian English Foreign Language Learners have, yet, been almost minuscule with barely any reference to. The main aims of the present study were to carry out an analysis of the abstract sections' rhetorical organization and communicative purposes progress from master to doctoral levels written by Algerian English Foreign Language postgraduates and to distinguish their level of awareness and employment of Bitchener's (2010) abstract writing model. The rhetorical move-analysis was carried out on 30 abstracts, which were divided into two corpora, belonging to 15 researchers based on Bitchener's (2010) five-move pattern model. Accordingly, the study proceeded by examining each of the abstract samples solely then comparing them to one another only at a macroscopic level. The findings of the study provided practical and detailed description of the abstracts' structures of the two corpora. A disparity in implementing the rhetorical moves, sub-moves and move order of abstract writing was marked aside with an advancement in using Bitchener's (2010) model from master theses abstracts to doctoral theses abstracts. Finally, based on the outcomes of the investigation, implications that might urge material designers to develop adequate materials for academic genre writings, thus, assist learners for an effective participation in international academic discourse communities are brought about.
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    Genre analysis in progress a comparative study of master and doctoral dissertations’ abstracts
    (Oum-El-Bouaghi, 2020) Benabbes, Bouchra; Zakou, Ilyas
    Abstract sections are a growing area of study in the field of English for academic purposes (EAP). From a discourse-analytic standpoint, researchers increasingly aspire to scrutinize and understand these multifunctional texts. It may be unlikely to make a research paper appear more valuable than it actually is, however, it is probable to appear worse. Therefore, the quality of the original work and the continuation of its reading process tend to be determined by the abstract form and content. The argument for investigating master and doctoral dissertations' abstracts was that they have a special position in the establishment of their research field of expertise. Comparative genre-based studies of the abstract section belonging to Algerian EFL learners have, yet, been almost minuscule with barely any reference to. The main aims of the present study were to carry out an analysis of the abstract sections' rhetorical organization and communicative purposes progress from master to doctoral levels written by Algerian EFL postgraduates and to distinguish their level of awareness and employment of Bitchener's (2010) abstract writing model. The rhetorical move-analysis was carried out on 30 abstracts, which were divided into two corpora, belonging to 15 researchers based on Bitchener's (2010) five-move pattern model. Accordingly, the study proceeded by examining each of the abstract samples solely then comparing them to one another only at a macroscopic level. The findings of the study provided practical and detailed description of the abstracts' structures of the two corpora. A disparity in implementing the rhetorical moves, sub-moves and move order of abstract writing was marked aside with an advancement in using Bitchener's (2010) model from master thesis abstracts to doctoral thesis abstracts. Finally, based on the outcomes of the investigation, implications that might urge material designers to develop adequate materials for academic genre writings, thus, assist learners for an effective participation in international academic discourse communities were brought about.