Incorporating Academic Writing Phrases into EFL Students’ Research Proposals

Sudirman, Anselmus and Gemilang, Adria Vitalya and Male, Hendrikus (2020) Incorporating Academic Writing Phrases into EFL Students’ Research Proposals. International Journal of Learning, Teaching and Educational Research, 19 (7). pp. 35-54. ISSN 16942116

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Abstract

The phrasal expressions in research proposals represent an integral semantic unit coherently, including the basic academic phrases and syntactic elements. The objectives of this research are (1) to describe the types of academic writing phrases in EFL students' research proposals, (2) to find out the benefits of academic writing phrases, and (3) the problems that EFL students faced while constructing academic writing phrases. This interpretive/qualitative research seeks to identify, classify, and analyse data pertaining to the academic writing phrases in 28 research proposals. The results show the academic writing phrases that are organised into introducing the topic using specific writing phrases and guidelines, identifying the significance of the issue, the scopes and objectives of the research, the review of literature, and the explanation of key terms. These contributions confirm the benefits of academic writing phrases for educational purposes, namely to pursue knowledge of EFL writing, encourage self-confidence, support self-awareness and modify writing practices. As reflected through the interview results, however, EFL students are afraid of making mistakes, and they find it hard to explore ideas and use academic writing phrases to enhance linguistic advancement, metalinguistic knowledge, phrasal familiarity, clarity, and acceptability. The pedagogical implications of the findings merit further considerations. Keywords: writing; academic writing; academic writing phrases; EFL students; research proposals

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