Thesis and Dissertation Writing in a Second Language: a handbook for Supervisors

Move 1 – presenting metatextual information
It is advisable to alert second-language students to the need to utilize Move 1
as an organizing and signposting device to assist their reader (examiner) in
locating the Results within the broader context of the research. In the extract
in Box 9.1, the writer makes extensive use of Move 1 as she locates Chapter 6
within the overall context of the thesis, referring both backwards to her
Methodology chapter and forwards to further Discussion chapters. The chapter
has a thematic title with the term ‘findings’ appearing after the hyphen. The
writer reminds the reader of her mixed method approach and her research
questions (elements of Move 2) and this in turn necessitates a lengthy Move 1.
Box 9.1 Extract from Move 1 in Findings chapter of a PhD thesis in history
Thematic title + CHAPTER SIX: PERSPECTIVES FROM THE
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