A Corpus based genre analysis of MA dissertations general conclusion section: the case of didactics of foreign languages dissertations at Oum El Bouaghi University
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2023
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University of Oum El Bouaghi
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Genre-based studies of the master's dissertation general conclusion sections are very few compared to the research article conclusion. The current study, thus, aims to do a genre analysis of 25 master general conclusion sections done by students at Oum El Bouaghi University in the field of didactics of foreign languages during the years 2017-2021. The analysis of each general conclusion was done manually, and the moves and sub-moves were identified separately. Furthermore, they were also analyzed at the level of form and content. The results show that students go about concluding their research using Yang and Allison's (2003) three-move structure model: summarizing the study, evaluating the study, and drawing deductions from the research. However, the moves and sub-moves employed differ considerately in the order in which they appeared and the frequency of each move; for instance, the most frequent move is move 1 (summarizing the study). All in all, the findings clearly show a disparity in the moves' and sub-moves' implementation, which helped in answering the research questions regarding whether the students applied a specific model in writing the general conclusion section or not.
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Genre analysis; Rhetorical moves; General conclusion section; Yang and Allison's 2003 model