Class_3研究生论文写作___functions_and_moves概要1.ppt

Learning about functions and moves: Abstracts Advanced Writing (MA) Class 3 March 15, 2016 Today’s class Swales Feak: how purposes and organization are linked Overview of Bitchener book Purposes of abstracts Moves and submoves in abstracts Doing your own analysis (we’ll also look at coherence and verb tenses in the examples) Swales and Feak: Introduction to purposes and organization P. 8-10 shows how a writer thinks In groups, discuss your answers to tasks 3, 4, and 5 (7-8 min) Task 3: Do you like the revised conclusion? Do you have any advice? Task 4: What is the order in the 2nd letter? Why is it different from the first? Task 5: Find which sentences belong to each topic. Work on Task 6: read the paragraph and answer the questions Book overview Reading tips Basic knowledge of book Terms – what do these mean? genre function staging discourse moves, sub-moves the sub-moves “are not a prescriptive list that you must use” (p.4) willingness to communicate (WTC) How it started So I want to tell you about my research. I got interested in this topic because of my experiences as a teacher. Then in my first year of my MA program I chatted with my adviser and she agreed it was a good topic, so I went ahead with it. I began my study by asking some students about how they felt … Imitation in writing Have you used “frames” for writing an essay? What’s the advantage to this? The weaknesses? How is Bitchener’s approach different from learning various writing frames? Studying others’ work is a good way to improve It’s critical you see: different ways to express, suitable to different purposes and situations I hope you can see how writers’ make choices Writers view phrases and arrangements as tools that they want to learn to use well – not as a recipe Abstracts What kinds? Thesis Journal (Conference) What purposes for an abstract in a thesis? Summarize the article to provide basic ideas (in case one doesn’t read the whole document) Give an overview to make reading easier M