Communicative moves in forestry research introductions: implications for the design of learning materials

• Main Authors: Renu Joseph, Lim, Jason Miin Hwa, Nor Arifah Mohd Nor
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: Elsevier 2014
• Subjects: SD Forestry
• Online Access: https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/19108/1/Communicative%20moves%20in%20forestry%20research%20introductions.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/19108/7/Communicative%20moves%20in%20forestry%20research%20introductions%2C%20implications%20for%20the%20design%20of%20learning%20materials.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/19108/; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sbspro.2014.04.224

This paper reports on a genre-based analysis of the rhetorical moves in research article introductions (RAIs) in Forestry, an established applied science discipline. Based on Swales’ (2004) revised CARS model, this study covers 20 RAs collected from four high impact Forestry journals. Our findings i...