COMPARATIVE MOVE ANALYSIS IN INTRODUCTION SECTION OF TOURISM RESEARCH ARTICLES PUBLISHED IN INTERNATIONAL AND THAI JOURNALS
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This comparative study purposed to examine the move structures appeared in the introduction sections of research articles in the field of tourism. A specialized corpus of sixty RAIs published between 2017 and 2020 was utilized, equally divided into an International Corpus (IC) from SCImago-indexed journals and a Thai Corpus (TC) from the Thai-Journal Citation Index (TCI). The framework utilized for move analysis was Swales’ (2004) Creating a Research Space (CARS) model. The results showed that although all three macro-moves could be realized by the RAIs in both corpora with 100% frequency, there were significant differences at the level of micro-level steps and sequential patterns. In terms of structure, the TC had a strong preference for simple linear progression, while the IC had high cyclicity and complex multi-level recursion, constantly moving between the previous literature and the establishment of niche to build a strong convincing argument. In particular, the main micro-level differences between the two corpora included Move 2, Step 1A (Indicating a gap). This step was obligatory (100%) in the IC but conventional (80%) in the TC, reflecting Thai cultural preferences for social harmony rather than direct criticism. Contrastly, Move 3, Step 7 (Outlining the structure of the paper) was entirely absent in the TC but present as an optional feature in the IC. These results indicated that to transition successfully to international publication, writers must move beyond simple linear structures and master cyclical complexity and explicit gap-claiming. Consequently, English for Academic Purposes (EAP) pedagogy should shift toward explicit instruction on these recursive micro-strategies and explicit niche-claiming tools to enhance organizational clarity in global academic discourse.
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