A Move Analysis of Problem-Solution Discourse: A Pedagogical Guide for Opinion and Academic Writing

Autor/in	Ratanakul, Surasawadee
Titel	A Move Analysis of Problem-Solution Discourse: A Pedagogical Guide for Opinion and Academic Writing
Quelle	In: Arab World English Journal, 9 (2018) 3, S.233-247 (15 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Ratanakul, Surasawadee)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2229-9327
Schlagwörter	Problem Solving; Academic Language; Writing (Composition); English (Second Language); Second Language Instruction; Writing Skills; Writing Processes; Teaching Methods; Language Teachers; Newspapers; Interpersonal Communication + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Problemlösen; Academic; Language; Languages; Akademiker; Sprache; Wissenschaftssprache; Schreibübung; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Writing skill; Schreibfertigkeit; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Language teacher; Sprachunterricht; Newspaper; Zeitung; Interpersonale Kommunikation
Abstract	Knowledge about move is fundamental to language learning which prepares students and writing practitioners to understand the natures and the organization of a certain discourse and genre. Teachers, consequently, need to familiarize students with a framework of moves that enable them to produce well written work. Consequently, the author conducted a genre analysis on a corpus of 50 problem-solution (PS) articles in the opinion columns of two online newspapers to identify the move characteristics and the move structure of the problem-solution discourse in the genre. The study used a genre analysis methodology relying on Hoey (1983)'s framework of rhetorical organization for the problem-solution discourse. The findings have implications for the writing instruction. They include a set of move features which is a practical guide and a ready-made template for writing the problem-solution discourse. The findings also show that the "Problem" move is the nucleus move followed by the "Response" move. Regarding the move structure, the study unfolds that the "Problem" move and the "Response" moves are moves that are most used to start and to end the articles, respectively. The identification of move characteristics and move structure provides language learners, writing practitioners, and especially English language teachers with empirical results beneficial for a writing practice and for material designs. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01