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Common English Composition Errors in KP

The document analyzes common errors in English composition at the postgraduate level in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, using Kwan's (2006) model. It presents a tabular breakdown of various moves and strategies employed in establishing research territory, creating a research niche, and occupying that niche. Each move is quantified by the number of times specific strategies appeared in the analyzed compositions.

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Common English Composition Errors in KP

The document analyzes common errors in English composition at the postgraduate level in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, using Kwan's (2006) model. It presents a tabular breakdown of various moves and strategies employed in establishing research territory, creating a research niche, and occupying that niche. Each move is quantified by the number of times specific strategies appeared in the analyzed compositions.

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Article 3: Analyzing Common Errors in English Composition at

Postgraduate Level in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (Pakistan)

Tabular form

Kwan’s (2006) model No. of times Moves


appeared
Move 1: Establishing one part of the
territory of one’s own research by:
Strategy(A): surveying the non-research- 1
related phenomena or knowledge claims
Strategy B: claiming centrality 1
Strategy C: surveying the research-related
phenomena
Move 2: Creating a research niche (in
response to Move 1) by:
Strategy A : counter-claiming
Strategy B: gap-indicating
Strategy C: asserting confirmative claims 1
about knowledge or research practices
surveyed
Strategy D: asserting the relevancy of the
surveyed claims to one’s own research
Strategy E: abstracting or synthesizing
knowledge claims to establish a theoretical
position or a theoretical framework
Move 3: (optional) Occupying the
research niche by announcing:
Strategy A: research aims, focuses, 1
research questions or hypotheses
Strategy B: theoretical
positions/theoretical frameworks
Strategy C: research design/processes 1
Strategy D: interpretations of terminology
used in the thesis

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