A comparative genre analysis of introduction between national and international journals : case of applied linguistics research articles

Abstract EN

Undoubtedly, writing research articles’ (RAs) introductions poses a significant challenge for researchers who find themselves at the heart of dilemma between establishing their research and setting their communicative goals.

The present article offers a description and analysis of applied linguistics RAs introductions published in Algerian and International journals of scientific research in order to identify their prominent linguistic features as well as their rhetorical moves.

The articles are analyzed following Swales Create A Research Space (CARS) model for RA introductions.

Corpus-analysis shows the main differences between introductions published in Algerian and international journals.

Moreover, the study confirms the effectiveness of Swales CARS model to construct applied linguistics RA introduction.