Literature: A
Research Report or ‘Only’ Scientific Writing?
J. Bismoko
A
student’s thesis could be reduced to a paper because it is considered
non-research writing, and an instructor’s promotion cannot go beyond a certain
level if he/she produces ‘only’ a scientific article/paper, and not a research
report. For better or for worse, on certain occasions research reports have
been considered superior to non-research writing. This has posed a real,
practical problem, especially for those working in the non-physic departments,
English notwithstanding. This article offers a point of view,
an ordinary point of view from an ordinary instructor for ordinary students and
ordinary fellow instructors….What it try is to provide a beginning step to clarify
the idea of research and non-research writing in English literature as foreign
literature.
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Bismoko, J. (1991). Literature:
A research report or ‘only’ scientific writing. TEFLIN Journal, 4(2), 13-26.
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