7a-清华科技英语写作课件.pdfVIP

This was a quiz, but it can also be regarded as an experiment.. • Is there a difference in the scientific English ability between students from different parts of China? • It may not be a “real” experiment – but it still can be treated as such. Scientific Writing: Lecture 7a #30 Course examination - I • For a course on “Writing a scientific paper in English” the obvious test is writing a scientific paper… Either: • (i) write a paper based on your own research results • 4 pages maximum / 3 pages minimum • (ii) write a paper using the results of the class quiz • 3 pages maximum / 2 pages minimum • Use “Introduction/Methods/Results and Discussion/Conclusions/References” • prepare the paper as if it is for a camera ready conference publication using the supplied style file • stick to the style file exactly Scientific Writing: Lecture 7a #31 Course examination - II • Other exercises • (1) describing a figure • (2) exercises in the use of verb tenses and of articles (“the / a / - ”) • finding and correcting errors in a passage of text (will not be graded) Scientific Writing: Lecture 7a #32 How to fail the course examination • Write more than the page limit – If a conference has a 4 page limit, and you send a paper of 5 pages in length it will be rejected. If the paper is too long, you must shorten it. Simple. • Copy text from somebody else • a pattern of similar mistakes is easy to spot • Hand in the work after the deadline • I also have to work to a deadline !! (to mark the papers and submit the