Chek Kim Loi

Corpus-based Genre Analysis and Specialist Informants' Views: Academic Discourse Chek Kim Loi

This corpus-based study investigates the rhetorical organization of the introduction section of English research articles in the field of educational psychology using Swales's (1990 & 2004) framework of move analysis. In order to provide more comprehensive findings, the text analysis is conducted alongside a questionnaire and correspondences via e-mail with the members of the English discourse communities who have agreed to participate as the specialist informants for the present study. The findings show that the fit between Swales's (1990 & 2004) CARS (Create a Research Space) model is partial. The findings of this study have pedagogical implications.