Writing Introduction Introduction The beginning is half of
Writing Introduction
Introduction • The beginning is half of the whole (Feak, 1994: 173) • Producing a good introduction section always seems like a battle hard won (Ibid) • Introduction explains context of research, research questions, research purpose, and review of previous research.
• Writers state their argument to explain the purposes of research that based on knowledge, experience, theory and previous research. • Introduction is about the tone of thesis and authority of writer (Clare, 2003: 26) e. g. , This thesis attempts to answer complex questions relating …. (Clare, 2003: 26)
• Introduction must be related to theory to help readers understand context and significance of research. It is also to support researcher’s argument or thesis and it must be researcher dominant. Example of researcher dominant: As long ago as 1960 Menzies demonstrated that …. Empirical evidence from recent research ……
• Introduction must answer these following questions: 1. What is the previous research that related to the current research? 2. What is the contribution of current research to the previous research? 3. Why is the contribution of current research important? 4. How is the contribution made and done? (Sternberg, 1988: 49)
• Personal factors is not relevant to the research and not included in the research. • The organization moves from general to specific problems. • The aims of introduction (Swales & Feak, 1994): 1. To explain research problems 2. To identify the gap of research 3. To show research problems fill the gap
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