Establishing the importance of the topic / problem, Recently, there has been renewed interest in …, In recent years, there has been an increasing interest in …, The past decade has seen the rapid development of X in many …, Personal interest in the research, I became interested in Xs after reading …, My personal experience of X has prompted this research, My main reason for choosing this topic is personal interest., Stating what is currently known, Stating what is currently known, X increases when … (Smith, 2015), X is positively related to Y (Smith, 2015; Jones, 2020)., Explaining key terms / definitions, The term ‘X’ is used here to refer to …, Throughout this thesis, the term ‘X’ is used to refer to informal systems as well as …, In this essay, the term ‘X’ will be used in its broadest sense to refer to all …, General comments on the relevant literature, More recent attention has focused on the provision of …, Much of the literature since the mid-1990s emphasises the …, The existing literature on X is extensive and focuses particularly on …

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