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Yu Xiang Kara Article Analysis
Yu Xiang Kara Article Analysis
school and leisure sites” was written by Kyoko Koizumi and published in 2002. 1 This article
investigated how high school students discourses popular music in different settings with
relationship to gender and quality of music practice by making observation, interviews and field
notes in different gender’s high school students.2 The results show that high school boys and girls
This article consists of the abstract, introduction, ethnographic studies of youth, popular
music and gender, definitions of the three sites, Japanese popular music for youth today,
Conclusion.4 The article does not follow the IMRD structure because it does not have a clear
Method section. These two parts are replaced by definitions of the three sites and Japanese popular
music for youth today.5 Furthermore, I am going to analyze the introduction by using moves. In
the first paragraph, the first sentence is Move 3a that introduced Japan's popular music education
is almost 20 years behind that of the UK and this a stating the nature of the present research in this
article.6 The rest of the sentences are Move 1a and b that introduced the current status of popular
music in Japanese high schools by comparing the previous study in the other country. 7 In the
1
Kyoko Koizumi, "Popular Music, Gender and High School Pupils in Japan: Personal Music in School and Leisure
Sites", Popular Music 21, no. 01 (January 2002): 107-125. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0261143002002064 (accessed
April 15, 2019).
2
Ibid.
3
Ibid.
4
Ibid.
5
Ibid.
6
John M Swales and Christine B Feak, Academic Writing for Graduate Students, 3rd ed. (reprint, The University of
Michigan Press, 2012).
https://www.press.umich.edu/2173936/academic_writing_for_graduate_students_3rd_edition/?s=look_inside
(accessed April 15, 2019).
7
John M Swales and Christine B Feak, Academic Writing for Graduate Students, 3rd ed. (reprint, The University of
Michigan Press, 2012).
https://www.press.umich.edu/2173936/academic_writing_for_graduate_students_3rd_edition/?s=look_inside
(accessed April 15, 2019).
second paragraph is Move 3a and b. First, in the 1,2,3,4 sentences, the author uses Move 3a to state
the nature of the present research of Japanese popular music scene, for example, he said formal
music education in Japan is almost twenty years behind in Britain.8 Second, in the rest of the
sentences of this paragraph, he uses Move 3b to list the research questions of this study.9 In abstract
section, the first sentence is move 2 that shows the exigence of the previous research; there are few
studies researched a comprehensive understanding of the relationship between popular music and
The object of study in the article high school boys and girls have a different attitude about
popular music between school and leisure situations. 10 The purpose of this article is to append
missing links between boys and girls as listeners or performers of popular music in school and
leisure sites.11 Furthermore, this article is to discuss the reason for different attitudes of high school
boys and girls towards popular music on various occasions. The differences between boys' and
girls' attitudes.12 The exigence of the article is previous studies focused discussion popular music
in high students; few studies have investigated the important differences between high school boys'
and girls' discourse on popular music, both in school and leisure.13 The author studied this topic
8
John M Swales and Christine B Feak, Academic Writing for Graduate Students, 3rd ed. (reprint, The University of
Michigan Press, 2012).
https://www.press.umich.edu/2173936/academic_writing_for_graduate_students_3rd_edition/?s=look_inside
(accessed April 15, 2019).
9
John M Swales and Christine B Feak, Academic Writing for Graduate Students, 3rd ed. (reprint, The University of
Michigan Press, 2012).
https://www.press.umich.edu/2173936/academic_writing_for_graduate_students_3rd_edition/?s=look_inside
(accessed April 15, 2019).
10
Kyoko Koizumi, "Popular Music, Gender and High School Pupils in Japan: Personal Music in School and Leisure
Sites", Popular Music 21, no. 01 (January 2002): 107-125. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0261143002002064 (accessed
April 15, 2019).
11
Kyoko Koizumi, "Popular Music, Gender and High School Pupils in Japan: Personal Music in School and Leisure
Sites", Popular Music 21, no. 01 (January 2002): 107-125. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0261143002002064 (accessed
April 15, 2019).
12
Kyoko Koizumi, "Popular Music, Gender and High School Pupils in Japan: Personal Music in School and Leisure
Sites", Popular Music 21, no. 01 (January 2002): 107-125. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0261143002002064 (accessed
April 15, 2019).
13
Ibid.
through data collection in interviews from high school students. The relevance of the article
included two sections. First, schools should have a deep comprehension of the different music
preferences of boys and girls, rather than teaching students what popular music that teachers’ think
is.14 Such as teachers think “standard music” which is played by successive generations is popular
music for students.15 Second, this study is valuable for researchers who want to study of gender,
This article uses data collection, such as observation, interviews and field notes to
investigate different high school students.17 However, this article uses data from interviews that
Reference
Koizumi, Kyoko, "Popular Music, Gender and High School Pupils in Japan: Personal Music in
School and Leisure Sites", Popular Music 21, no. 01 (January 2002): 107-125.
Swales, John M, and Christine B Feak. Academic Writing for Graduate Students. 3rd ed.
https://www.press.umich.edu/2173936/academic_writing_for_graduate_students_
14
Ibid.
15
Ibid.
16
Ibid.
17
Ibid.