Chapter One Introduction
1.1 Genre analysis as a way of studying academic writing
1.2 Gaps existing in research on students theses
1.3 Research objectives
1.4 Significance of the study
1.5 Outline of the hook
Chapter Two Literature Review on the Genre of Introduction
2.1 An overview of studies on the genre of introduction
2.2 Generic structure of introductions
2.2.1 Swales （1981， 1990）
2.2.2 Nwogu （1991， 1997）
2.2.3 Dudley-Evans （1986）
2.2.4 Bunton （2002）
2.3 Specific language features related to introductions
2.3.1 Citation behavior
2.3.2 Reporting verbs
2.3.3 Tense choices
2.4 Influencing factors on the genre of introduction
2.4.1 Variation across disciplines
2.4.2 Variation across cultures
2.5 Final comments on studies done on introductions and remaining issues
2.6 Summary
Chapter Three Theoretical Foundations and a Proposed Framework
3.1 Theories of genre
3.1.1 English for Specific Purposes （ESP）
3.1.2 Australian genre studies
3.1.3 New Rhetoric
3.1.4 Comments on the three traditions of genre
3.2 A contextual view towards genre
3.2.1 Context and genre
3.2.2 Contextual factors affecting academic discourse
3.3 Theoretical assumption and a proposed framework
3.4 Method for analyzing the texts
3.5 Summary
Chapter Four Description of the Research
4.1 The corpus
4.2 Methodology
4.2.1 Criteria for identification of moves and steps
4.2.2 Identification of moves and steps
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Chapter Five Macro-level Analysis
Chapter Six Micro-Level Analysis
Chapter Seven Discussion
Chapter Eight Conclusions
Bibliography
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