ABSTRACT

How to write an abstract

Metodologi Penelitian
Dosen: Agus D. Haryanto
Think about the following questions before you start
to write the abstract:

 What’s the research problem being addressed?

 How do I locate the significance of my work?
 What conversation am I in? Where am I standing in
relation to research on this problem
 What do I offer as an alternative to existing research?
 What is my argument?
Word count for each:

 My paper’s main purpose is… (50 words)

 Researchers who have looked at this subject
are… (50 words)
 Debate centres on the issue of … (25 words)
 My contribution will be… (50 words)
you should aim to write your abstract in about four main
sentences using the information as a guid (Kamler and
Thompson, 2006)

 1. Focus
2. Locate
3. Explain
4. Implications