| Move Background information | |
| Function 1: Describing the research method | |
| Linguistic realisations f | |
| 1. Procedural verbs | 25 |
| Use | 7 |
| Choose | 3 |
| Compare | 2 |
| Perform | 2 |
| Design | 2 |
| Others (i.e., conduct, select, compile) | 9 |
| 2. First-person plural pronoun | 25 |
| We | 17 |
| Our | 8 |
| 3. Simple past tense | 24 |
| Active voice | 21 |
| Passive voice | 3 |