Identifying Literature Reviews in Research Articles

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Identifying Literature Reviews in Disciplinary Research Articles Your Name: Anay Somani In Unit 1, you will be analyzing literature reviews in research articles from your discipline, so that you can gain insight into disciplinary preferences for features used in these texts. Toward that goal, you will need to find samples of literature reviews from your discipline. This activity will give you practice in identifying literature reviews within a research article. We will practice with samples from the discipline of applied linguistics, a field that explores language-related problems. Look at the following articles, shared by your instructor: ● Csizér, K., & Tankó, G. (2017). English majors’ self-regulatory control and strategy use in academic writing and its relation to L2 motivation. Applied Linguistics, 38, 386-404. ● Deignan, A., Semino, E., & Paul, S.-A. (2019). Metaphors of climate science in three genres: Research articles, educational texts, and secondary school student talk. Applied Linguistics, 40, 379-403. ● Ganuza, N., & Hedman, C. (2019). The impact of mother tongue instruction on the development of biliteracy: Evidence from Somali-Swedish bilinguals. Applied Linguistics, 40, 108-131. Step 1: Is it a research article? As you search for sample literature reviews, it is useful to note that literature reviews-- as distinct sections --appear most commonly in articles reporting on empirical research conducted by the paper’s author(s). In an empirical research article, authors typically begin with a brief introduction to the research, followed by a review of related literature, and then share their study (the methodology, the findings, and the results). Therefore, as you search through the articles above, the first thing to look for is whether the paper is an empirical research article. You will need to skim through the whole paper to determine this. (Tip: Look for separate sections on methodology and results. Empirical research articles also often include numbered research questions.) Step 2: Does it include a (distinct) literature review? Some non-empirical articles do include literature reviews, but often it is hard to distinguish the literature review from other parts of the paper. For example, in a more theoretical article, literature may be reviewed throughout the paper as a way to develop a particular theory or theoretical position. Instead, you will want to look for papers that include distinct sections (1 or more) in which the purpose is to review the relevant literature on the paper’s topic. Step 3: What headings are used for the literature review section(s)? Once you have identified a section (or more than one) that reviews the literature, you will want to note how they are labeled, using headings. You may be lucky and find some articles that use the heading “Literature Review,” but many articles do not use such a heading; instead, the heading may describe the topic or issue that is being reviewed. © University of Arizona Writing Program

Articles with Literature Reviews Csizér, K., & Tankó, G. (2017). English majors’ self-regulatory control and strategy use in academic writing and its relation to L2 motivation. Applied Linguistics, 38, 386-404. What are the page numbers of the literature review? A. Pg 388 – 390 List all headings and sub-headings that appear in the literature review section for this article. 1. Self-Regulation and Control Strategy Use 2. L2 Motivation 3. Anxiety and Self-Efficacy 4. Research Questions Deignan, A., Semino, E., & Paul, S.-A. (2019). Metaphors of climate science in three genres: Research articles, educational texts, and secondary school student talk. Applied Linguistics, 40, 379-403. What are the page numbers of the literature review? A. Pg 384 – 385 List all headings and sub-headings that appear in the literature review section for this article. 1. Introduction 2. Metaphor and Science 3. Teaching Climate Science in Schools 4. Context Ganuza, N., & Hedman, C. (2019). The impact of mother tongue instruction on the development of biliteracy: Evidence from Somali-Swedish bilinguals. Applied Linguistics, 40, 108-131. What are the page numbers of the literature review? A. Pg 109 – 112 List all headings and sub-headings that appear in the literature review section for this article. 1. Biliteracy Development 2. Vocabulary Knowledge 3. Linguistic Interdependence 4. Earlier Studies of MTI © University of Arizona Writing Program

Analysis Questions Question 1. What section comes before the literature review in these three publications? A. ‘Introduction’ section comes before the literature review. Question 2. What rhetorical move do all three publications make immediately after the literature review? A. Research Questions / Aim of the Study / Goals of the Study Explain this genre convention , this characteristic of research articles. Why do many publications make this rhetorical move after the literature review, and how does this fit the story arc of telling a research narrative? A. In research articles, there's a key thing called the "Research Question." It usually comes after the part where they talk about what other researchers have found. This move is like a big moment in the research story. After sharing what's already known, the research question pops up, and it's basically the main question the author wants to answer in their own study. It's a shift from talking about what others have discovered to saying, "Now, let's dig into this specific question." This step makes the research more focused and gives the whole thing a clear purpose. Question 3. Complete the table below. From the literature review section of each publication, find three example sentences that incorporate ideas from another published source using a reporting verb . Copy the beginning of the sentence to show the author’s name and the reporting verb into the table. Then, use a thesaurus to find a different reporting verb with a similar meaning. ● Find different reporting verbs in the articles and with a thesaurus. This table should have eighteen different reporting verbs when it is complete! Article Example reporting verb Similar reporting verb Csizér, K., & Tankó, G. (2017) reporting verb example #1. In his classic work, Kuhl (1985) proposed six action-control strategies suggested © University of Arizona Writing Program

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