STUDENTS' KNOWLEDGE OF THE RHETORICAL STRUCTURE OF RESEARCH ARTICLES PUBLISHED IN REPUTABLE JOURNALS

Good and appropriate teaching materials not only have a significant effect on improving the ability of students to write scientific articles but also can increase their knowledge and understanding of scientific articles required by reputable journals. The purpose of this study was to analyze the level of students' knowledge about writing research articles based on reputable journal criteria. The research design used was survey. The data were collected using a questionnaire about students' knowledge of research article writing that was distributed to 120 students of English Education Study Programs who had studied Article Writing course. The analysis shows the level of students' knowledge about abstract writing is the Mid category (M), the introduction section of the article is in the Low category (L), the methodology section is in the Mid (M) category, result and discussion section is in the Low (L) category, and the conclusion of the article is in the Mid (M) category. From these findings, it can be concluded that students need very adequate knowledge in writing research articles based on criteria of reputable journals.