Charts to help you find information about information in text and

language uses

MOVES/STEPS IN REPORT WRITING Paragraphs / lines*

INTRODUCTION

Move 1 Establishing the territory

 Contextualizing
 Claiming centrality (opt)
 Topic generalizations of increasing specificity
 Reviewing literature

Move 2 Establishing a niche

 Counterclaiming
 Indicating gap or problem, question
 Justification
 Continuing a tradition

Move 3 Presenting the current Work (citations possible) via

 Step 1 (obligatory) Announcing present research descriptively
and/or purposively
 Step 2* (optional) Presenting RQs or hypotheses
 Step 3 (optional) Definitional clarifications
 Step 4 (optional) Summarizing methods
 Step 5 Announcing principal outcomes
 Step 6 Stating the value of the present research
 Step 7 Outlining the structure of the paper

METHODOLOGY

1.Establishing the objectives

2. Material
2.1. Subjects-sampling
2.2. Proper materials
2.3. Techniques
2.3. Research facilities/ equipment
2.4. Instruments

3.Experimental design
3.1. Identification
3.2. Description
3.3. Justification/ argumentation
3.4. Limitations/ restrictions
4.Hipotheses formulation

5. Description of experimental processes and data gathering

procedures

6.Data analysis procedures

6.1. Data classification processes
6.2. Variables
6.3. Analytical/statistical procedures
6.4. Terminology definitions
6.5. Criteria followed to determine the experiment’s success/failure
degree

RESULTS

1. Locating results
1.1. Reference to results’ exact location in the document
1.2. Reference to methodological elements
2. Presenting results
2.1. Presenting most relevant results
2.2. Presenting secondary results
2.3. Comments

DISCUSSION

1. Research objectives
2. Commenting on global results

3. Explaining specific results

3.1. Presentation
3.2. discussion/ explanation
3.3. Indicating relevance
3.4. Contrast with results of previous research
3.5. Limits of own work

4. Concluding
3.1. Commenting implications
3.2. Suggesting future research
3.3. offering concluding remarks

*In this column you can note down briefly what parts of the text contain any of these
information elements). This help you check at a glance what is contained in the text,
even though you should mark it in the body of the text using colour codes or
underlining
VOCABULARY MARKERS (Here you can copy down the expressions
you find in each part and which signpost
the type of information)

INTRODUCTION

Establishing the territory

Establishing a niche

Presenting the current Work

METHODOLOGY

Objectives

Material

Experimental design

Hipotheses formulation

Experimental processes and data gathering

procedures

Data analysis procedures

RESULTS

Locating results

Presenting results
DISCUSSION

Commenting on global results

Explaining specific results
discussion/ explanation
Contrast with results of
previous research
Limits of own work

Concluding
Commenting research implications
Suggesting future research
Offering concluding remarks
TENSE, VOICE AND USE OF Here you can show common verbal uses
MODALITY: for each type of information –if
applicable-

INTRODUCTION

Establishing the territory (context, literature

review)

Establishing a niche(problems, tradition..)

Presenting the current Work (aims, etc.)

Other?
METHODOLOGY

Objectives

Material

Experimental design

Hipotheses formulation

Experimental processes and data gathering

procedures

Data analysis procedures

other?
RESULTS

Locating results

Presenting results
DISCUSSION

Commenting on global results

Explaining specific results
discussion/ explanation
Contrast with results of
previous research
Limits of own work

Concluding
Commenting research implications
Suggesting future research
Offering concluding remarks