Study of Literature Review Writing in English Academic Papers from the Perspective of Move-structure and Generic Theory

Zonglin Qian

doi:10.54097/jeer.v3i2.9310

Authors

Zonglin Qian

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.54097/jeer.v3i2.9310

Keywords:

Literature Review, Move, Generic Theory, Academic Writing

Abstract

In English academic writing, genres play an important role, and move analysis is rooted in genre analysis. This study comprehensively discusses the three-move model of literature review and a six-step Genre-Based Instruction (GBI) approach. In the first study, 55 master's theses of a university majoring in foreign linguistics and applied linguistics were used as the corpus to study the moves of literature review. The results showed that students were not familiar enough with the moves and strategies of literature review, so they needed to strengthen their knowledge of the corpus. The second study guided junior English majors in a university to conduct English academic writing training. The results showed that under the guidance of GBI approach, the students' genre awareness was enhanced and the ability to use genre structure was improved.

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