TY - THES A1 - Rochma, Anis Firdatul A1 - Triyono, Sulis PB - Program Pascasarjana Y1 - 2019/04/30/ N2 - This research aims to reveal (1) the rhetorical styles and (2) the pedagogical implications of the rhetorical style used by the English Education students of Yogyakarta State University in writing the introduction section of research articles. This research adopted the Create a Research Space (CARS) model proposed by John Swales (2004) as the main framework, interpreted qualitatively in which the researcher acts as the main instrument. The research procedure is divided into four stages, consisting of (1) reading the titles, abstracts, and key terms in order to get an initial understanding pertinent to the research topic; (2) identifying the frequent appearances of the macro and micro structures of CARS model within the introduction section of research article; (3) identifying the linguistic features and discourse clues, such as the specific lexical item, formulaic expressions, and cohesive markers; (4) drawing a conclusion of the research context to get a better frame related to the communicative purpose of the introduction section of research article. The result shows that most of the English Department students of Yogyakarta State University utilize Establishing a Territory (Move 1) and Establishing a Niche (Move 2)in writing the introduction section of research article. They are also able to write a cohesive introduction section and present a convincing argument to portray the importance of the research article. Nevertheless, the research finding also leads to the urgency to incorporate the concept of rhetorical style within the academic writing class. In so doing, it is expected for the undergraduate? students to be able to organize, argue, respond, express, and justify their research opinions and ideas with a captivating rhetorical style. UR - http://eprints.uny.ac.id/65999/ ID - UNY65999 M1 - tesis KW - academic writing KW - introduction section KW - research article KW - rhetorical style AV - public TI - Rhetorical Styles Employed in the Introduction Section of Research Article Written by English Department Students at Yogyakarta State University. ER -