Move analysis of research articles abstracts : The case of applied linguistics and language learning & technology journals

Abstract

This study tries to compare abstracts published in Applied Linguistics and Language Learning & Technology journals. There have been many researches that were conducted in comparative genre analysis such as Santos‘ study (1996). But few studies have been carried out in the Algerian context. The present study is divided into three chapters. The first one is called Review of Literature on ESP and Genre, whereas the second one is entitled Methodology and Data Collection in which the topic, motivation, research questions, hypotheses are introduced. The third chapter is designed to review the results which have been obtained, their interpretation, and the pedagogical implications which could be applied by Algerian teachers , ESP practitioners and institutions. Moreover, information on the way data is collected has been elaborated. The research aims to explore different rhetorical structures and move occurrences in research articles abstracts. The study consists of forty research articles abstracts selected from Applied Linguistics and Language Learning & Technology journals. Santos (1996) model is employed for the analysis. The results reveal that AL and LLT write their abstracts similarly. International abstracts are, thus, more informative and methodical because they fall into the five moves as they are presented by Santos. The findings justify the need for developing the Algerian academia and universities. .