Communicative Move

1)viewed as a tool deployed to implement a specific speech tactic (Wilson, 2001).
2) means a discoursal segment that performs a particular communicative function (Swales, 2004). It represents semantic and functional units of texts that have specific purposes (Connor, Upton & Kanoksilapatham, 2007). The focus of move-based analysis is on the hierarchical schematic structures of texts (Nwogu, 1997).

Each move consists of several steps;
Move 1: Background information - This move is used to prepare the readers for the report or discussion of results that follows. This includes some main statements such as research questions, the aims and purposes of the study, theoretical background or established knowledge and the study’s research methodology;
Move 2: Reporting results - The function of this move is to present the results of the study.
Move 3: Summarizing results - The function of this move is to sum up the results;
Move 4: Commenting on results - The objective of this move is to establish the meaning and significance of the research results in relation to the relevant field. Move 4 is considered as a central move in which the results of the study are commented on through four different steps, including ‘Interpreting results’, ‘Comparing results with literature’, ‘Accounting for results’, and ‘Evaluating results’.33