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47Each move, in turn, includes a number of steps defined as constituent elements thatcombine to form the information which makes up a move.In Swales’ framework, moves and their respective steps are part of the genreinvolving the activity of reporting a research in a research paper (ibid.: 98). Moves andsteps refer to strategies used by an author to achieve her goal in a given passage of atext.Move 1 - Establishing a territory: With Move 1 (Swales, 1990:144), the writermakes the ‘centrality claims’, establishing the rationale against which her article can beunderstood as an important element along a chain of research in the field (Step 1):Step 1 - Claiming centrality:In recent years, applied researchers have become increasingly interested in...Besides showing the relevance of the topic of research by calling attention to theimportance of the academic field itself, in Move 1 the writer can establish backgroundknowledge by “making topic generalizations”. In other words, the writer can makestatements that illustrate the current state of knowledge in the field (ibid.):Step 2 - Making topic generalization(s):There is now much evidence to support the hypothesis that...Finally, in her effort to define the territory within which her research can berecognized, the writer can review previous research in the field (Step 3). Again Swales