Genre Analysis of the Method Sections in Applied Linguistics Research Articles: A Cross-Linguistic Study (original) (raw)

The present study aimed to examine the rhetorical structure of the method sections of English and Persian research articles. To this end, 300 method sections were randomly selected from research articles published in established international English, Iranian local English, and Iranian local Persian journals in Applied Linguistics from 2010 to 2016. Following Lim’s(2006) model, we analyzed the articles for the generic patterns in the method section. Findings showed that the writers of Persian research articles used a significantly greater number of moves in developing the research method section than those of international and local English articles.Moreover, despite variations, there were similarities between international and Iranian local English journals in terms of utilizing moves and steps.