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Veerappan, Veeramuthu and Ahmad, Mokhtarrudin and Balakrishnan, Kavitha and Aris, Mohd Afizal and Suan, Wei Hui (2024) Genre analysis of introduction section in electrical engineering undergraduate laboratory reports. F1000Research, 11. p. 163. ISSN 2046-1402

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Abstract

This study examines the genre of Engineering Laboratory Reports (ELR) introduction section written by Electrical Engineering Undergraduates in a higher learning institution. The aims of this study are to identify the rhetorical moves and combinations of move patterns used by electrical engineering (EE) students to write introduction section. Method A genre analysis was conducted to identify writing patterns and convention practices of engineering undergraduate students thus a corpus of N = 35 was selected from electrical engineering students in their final year of study. This study adopted Genre Theory as its theoretical framework, Ngowu 1997 analytical framework and BCU approach for analysis procedure. A pilot test was conducted to determine the model that fits the best to describe moves and steps of ELR. Coding scheme was developed and intercoder reliability showed a significance of 0.91 The study benchmarks a move or step to be present in at least 60% of the reports. Result The finding shows the introduction consists of one main move which is providing background information of the experiment and followed by four subsequent steps which are reference to research purposes, reference to theoretical knowledge in the field, providing an overview of the study and identification of main research apparatus. The move 1 and all four steps identified above are viewed as obligatory, conventional and optional move and steps in introduction section among undergraduates in academic context. The exemplification of finding shows lack of compliance among undergraduates to produce EELR based on university

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Laboratory reports
Subjects:	Q Science > QC Physics > QC 1-75 General
Divisions:	Learning Institute for Empowerment (LiFE) Faculty of Applied Communication (FAC)
Depositing User:	Ms Nurul Iqtiani Ahmad
Date Deposited:	29 May 2024 04:04
Last Modified:	29 May 2024 04:04
URII:	http://shdl.mmu.edu.my/id/eprint/12469

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