Academically, citation is pivotal since it presents justifications for the arguments and a demonstration of the writer’s position. Despite the increasing number of studies on citations, little knowledge has been reported regarding the citation use and practices of EFL students within the ESL context. Hence, the present study aimed at investigating the extent of variation in the citation practices in the literature review of PhD theses in Applied Linguistics and Information Technology. The study analysed the citations qualitatively focusing mainly on several aspects, including using types of citations, the variety of the citations based on the type of the clauses in each citation, and the perspectives of EFL Arab postgraduates on using citations. A purposeful sampling was adopted in selecting the literature review of 20 PhD theses and nine EFL Arab candidates of Applied Linguistics and Information Technology. The results show the dominance of the integral citation in the literature review of Applied Linguistics and Information technology. The inter-disciplinary comparison also reported similarity in terms of the high frequency of using citations with clauses complexes. The discourse-based interviews revealed that EFL Arab postgraduates depended on the integral citation to highlight ideas, attract the reader’s attention, affirm the credibility of the cited information, and refer to the type of the information. The little available information on using citations and the possible effect of their native language may lead EFL Arab postgraduates to have their own strategies regarding citations use. Consequently, EFL postgraduate students probably need explicit instructions on the use of citations.

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EFL研究生撰写文学评论的引文使用和感知的变化

从学术上来说，引文是至关重要的，因为它为论证提供了依据，并证明了作者的立场。尽管有关引文的研究数量不断增加，但在ESL语境下，有关EFL学生的引文使用和实践的知识鲜有报道。因此，本研究旨在研究应用语言学和信息技术博士学位论文的文献综述中引文实践的变化程度。该研究在定性方面对引文进行了定性分析，主要集中在几个方面，包括引文的使用方式，基于每个引文中条款类型的引文种类以及EFL阿拉伯研究生使用引文的观点。在选择20篇博士论文和9篇应用语言学和信息技术的EFL阿拉伯候选人的文献综述时，采用了有目的的样本。结果表明，在《应用语言学和信息技术》文献综述中，整体引用的主导地位。跨学科比较也报告了相似之处，即使用带子句的引文的频率很高。基于话语的访谈显示，EFL阿拉伯研究生依靠整体引用来突出思想，吸引读者的注意力，确认所引用信息的可信度并参考信息的类型。关于使用引文的少量可用信息以及其母语的可能影响，可能导致EFL阿拉伯研究生针对引文使用制定自己的策略。因此，EFL研究生可能需要使用引用的明确指导。