Templates Developed for Writing Introduction Section for Research Scholars: Lexical Bundle Approach in Post-Covid-19 Situation

Abstract

The study is a part of my doctoral thesis during 2017-20. Utilizing mixed method research design, it aims to develop ready-to-use templates for academic writing assistance for writing introduction section. It intends to equip researchers with ready-to-apply tool for self-sufficiency coping with problems to be faced during and post-COVID-19 scenario. ALTC (Applied Linguistics Theses Corpus) was compiled from 144 doctoral theses/dissertations from the fields of applied linguistics (following 12 by 12 matrix), consisting of 9840859 words. A list of Lexical Bundles was generated observing cutoff set by Biber et al. (1999). Utilizing the concordance lines of highly frequent LBs, a total of 8 sets of templates were designed, grouped together and briefly discussed owing to their respective functions. Each of the sets of templates presents multiple choices for selection. Using 4-word LBs has been significantly helpful in creating model templates. The developed templates have broadened the scope of the study of LBs and are an important addition to the established knowledge, useful for a number of fields, namely corpus-linguistics, corpus-based studies, EAP, ESP and applied linguistics.