Agung Budi Kurniawan, Warsono, Djoko Sutopo, Sri Wuli Fitriati
Writing research articles especially for publication purpose must be scientific, informative and attractive. The objective of this research was to formulate the effective method to write research articles by following the IMRAD model that was added with conclusion. The object was ten articles in English language teaching that were chosen by using purposive sampling. The research design was qualitative whose instrument of criteria of scientific paper. The finding proposed that the effective method of writing introduction comprised giving ideas and argumentation, reviewing previous studies and theories, positioning the research problem appropriately. The effective method of writing research method was explaining the schema of working without reviewing theories or previous studies. The effective method of writing finding and discussion was exploring the correlation of the research problems and novelty, stating the research design definitely, and evaluating the finding by using previous studies. The effective method of writing conclusion was summarizing the previous materials, proposing the benefit and short implication, and never copying the previous materials. It could be concluded the research article publication is not only about the content truthfulness, but also the informative and attractive value. © 2019, International Journal of Scientific and Technology Research. All rights reserved.
STKIP PGRI, Pacitan, Indonesia; Graduate School, Universitas Negeri Semarang, Indonesia
