毕业论文怎样作笔记.ppt

2.1 Evaluation of Sources 2.Pay attention to information which leads to the author’s attitude. In general, a person who works at religion or politics is likely to give biased information, whereas a person working at science tends to provide in formation based on facts. 2.1 Evaluation of Sources 3. Pay attention to the sources. Generally speaking, primary sources are more reliable than secondary ones. 2.2 Content of notes 1. The background of information; 2.A summary of general ideas supporting the preliminary thesis statements; 3.Explanatory information such as definition, a plot summary and bibliographical data; 2.2 Content of notes 4.Direct quotations, examples, facts and anecdotes; 5.Satistics such as percentages, weights, amount of money, ratios and dates. 2.3 Tips on Note-taking 1.Document the source before writing down the information, i.e. write down the author, the title , the place of publication, the publisher, the date of publication or copyright date, and page number(s)where information is found. 2.3 Tips on Note-taking 2.Being thorough and concise Write down neither too much nor too little in taking notes. In other words, “be both thorough and concise”. (Gibaldi Handbook 30) 2.3 Tips on Note-taking 3.Putting one item on one card If more than one piece of information is put on one card, the student might mix the topics or sources, and as a result, get confused when he or she goes about writing the paper. 2.3 Tips on Note-taking 4.A Sample Note Definition of learning strategies (heading of the note) “Learning strategies are the particular approaches or techniques that learners employ to try to learn a L2.” Ellis, Rod. Second Language Acquisition. Oxford: Oxford UP, 1997: 76-77. 2.4 Types of notes 1.Direct quotation notes: Use direct quotation only when other words, phrases, structures fail to express the information better than those in the original source. 2.4 Types of notes e.g. “Sociolinguistics is the field that studies the relation