English-learning Skills.docVIP

English-learning Skills From Kathy`s Class Dong Yanchun 2013.06.07 Contents 1 Beautiful article 1 1.1 Theme systems 1 1.2 Three passions 2 1.3 Of studies (Francis Bacon) 5 2 English language learning 9 2.1 Common errors 9 2.2 Subject-predicate consistency 15 2.3 Cause-and-effect relationship 16 2.4 Integration of sentences 16 2.5 Paragraph writing 17 2.6 Academic Word 24 2.7 Techniques of writing 26 2.8 Advice on plagiarism 30 2.9 Techniques of expression 31 2.10 Chronological order 36 2.11 Order of importance 38 2.12 Paraphrase/summary 41 3 Resume 46 3.1 Supplementary vocabulary 46 3.1.1 Foreign language proficiency 46 3.1.2 The content of a resume 46 3.1.3 Position objective 47 3.1.4 Common titles 47 3.1.5 Useful educational expressions 48 3.1.6 Specialization and achievements 48 3.2 Types of resume 48 3.3 Samples of resume (format) 49 3.3.1 Side heading 49 3.3.2 Centered heading 49 3.4 Example 50 4 Letter 52 4.1 Submission letter 52 4.1.1 Example 1 52 4.1.2 Example 2 52 4.2 Applications for fellowships 52 4.2.1 Version A 53 4.2.2 Version B 53 4.2.3 Version C 54 4.3 Tips for writing application letter 54 4.3.1 Anticipation of a reply 55 4.3.2 Sample 57 4.4 Personal statement/Statement of purpose 60 4.4.1 Example 61 4.5 Letter of recommendation 64 4.5.1 Original version 64 4.5.2 Modified version 65 4.5.3 Example 66 4.6 Content of CV 67 4.6.1 Example 68 5 Paper-writing 77 5.1 Title 77 5.1.1 Linguistic characteristics of titles 77 5.1.2 Title types 78 5.1.3 Titles from three journals 81 5.1.4 Title structure and word count 85 5.2 Unit of the author and the author 86 5.3 Abstract 87 5.3.1 Shorten abstract 89 5.3.2 The style of abstract 90 5.3.3 Tense 92 5.3.4 Practical expressions 94 5.3.5 Example 95 5.3.6 Basic sentence patterns 97 5.3.7 Sample 98 5.3.8 Translation 99 5.4 Key words 100 5.5 Introduction 100 5.5.1 Sample 1 109 5.5.2 Sample 2 109 5.6 Methods 114 5.7 Results 116 5.8 Discussion Conclusion 120 5.9 Reference 122 5.10 Skills 122 5.10.1 Describing equation/