研究生学术英语写作教程Unit 7 Concluding Research.docVIP

PAGE PAGE 1 Unit Seven Concluding Research Objectives: ─ Be clear about the significance of this section ─ Try to understand the importance of summarizing in academic writing ─ Learn to be skilled in paraphrasing in academic writing ─ Learn to restate your thesis statement ─ Learn to draw a conclusion Contents: ─ Brief introduction to this section ─ Reading Discussion: What information elements are usually involved in writing a Conclusion section? ─ Language Focus: How to summarize and paraphrase ─ Writing Practice: How to restate your research objectives ─ Writing Project: How to outline your conclusion 1. Reading Activity The conclusion of a research paper reaffirms the thesis statement, discusses the issues, and reaches a final judgment. It is a belief based on your reasoning and on the evidence you have accumulated. This is the place for sharing with readers the conclusions you have reached because of your research. A conclusions is usually a shorter section of an academic text. It manifests the value of your research as well as your understanding of the material that you have presented. It should be a strong recapitulation of your major ideas. 1.1 Pre-reading Task The following is the concluding section of a research article in the field of applied linguistics. Think about the following questions before reading the text and then have a discussion with your classmates: What is the function of the concluding section in a research paper? What information elements does a concluding section normally include? 1.2 Reading Passage Our experiment indicated that learners better comprehended English idioms sharing the same metaphoric themes as Chinese than those sharing different metaphoric themes, conforming to Boers Demecheleers (2001) study result with French-speaking subjects. NL (native language) played an important role, in that positive transfer appeared in most subjects understanding of idioms with identical expressions and mea