学术论文写作指导(Discussion-of-Results).pptVIP

* 8.Results from this study pointed to a number of factors that participants perceived as being of most importance in influencing their WTC behavior in three classroom contexts.9.These factors included:number of interlocutor(s) in a particular communicative context, faliliarity with interlocutor(s), interlocutor(s) task performance,self-confidence in communication, falimiarity with and interest in topics under discussion,task types for pair/group work,medium of communication and influence of participants cultural backgrounds. * Some Key Linguistic Features of a Thesis Discussion of Results As you discuss the significance of your findings in light of the big picture(the literature you presented in your literature review chapter),there will be occasions when you can be quite assertive about the significance and contribution of your findings to the field you are working within and occasions when you need to be more tentative in the claims that you make. While care needs to be taken,you should not shy away from claiming that a particular finding supports or does not support existing research and knowledge if it does. * In the discussion chapter,you will seek to account for particular findings.If you are presenting possibilities rather absolute certainties, you need to make sure that you hedge in your presentation of them. In the previous chapter,we referred to various ways in which hedging can be achieved.As an example of how this can be achieved in the discussion chapter,consider the extensive use of hedging approaches that have been used in the following paragraph fromw our sample thesis discussion. * Hedging in the discussion of Results 1.The findings above seemed to reveal the dual characteristics of WTC proposed in previous studies:the trait-like WTC and the situation-based WTC.2.MacIntyre et als (1998:546) claim that WTC in L2 should not be limited to a trait-like variavle but a ‘situational vaviable with both transient and enduring influences’ appeared to be