Rhetorical Structure of Technical and Vocational Education and Training Video Lecture Introductions

• Sarimah Shamsudin Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
• Muhamad Izzat Rahim Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia Academy of Language Studies,Universiti Teknologi MARA Negeri Sembilan

Abstract

Considering the importance of rhetorical structure in listening to
lectures, this study aims to investigate the rhetorical structure of
Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) video lecture
introductions. Five video lectures by Malaysian Polytechnics were
analyzed using the ESP genre approach. The results show that TVET
video lecture introduction commonly consists of two moves and three
steps. Additionally, it was found that the rhetorical structure for
introduction differs from one video lecture style to another. In
conclusion, TVET students can utilize the rhetorical structure of TVET
video lecture introductions as a mental map in listening to video lectures