《硕士博士英语毕业论文写作》Chapter1Overview.ppt

Week 1 Academic Writing: An Overview Contents of the Course Course Overview Academic Integrity Selecting a Title Material Collection and Management Preparing a Research Proposal Introduction Writing Literature Review Research Methodology Findings and Discussion Conclusion Citations and References Abstract and Acknowledgements Revising, Style and Language Paper Presentation Paper Publication Contents of Week 1 definition characteristics purposes types structure strategies procedures Academic Writing defined Written by academics/scholars Reviewed by other academics/scholars Published in academic/scholarly sources Journals University press books Academic Writingcharacteristics Precise Semi-formal Impersonal Objective Characteristics (1) Features on the lexical level ① Terminology ② Nominalization ③ Abbreviation ④ Use of single verbs ?(2) Features on the syntactical level ① Long complex sentence ② Simple-present tense ③ Passive voice ④ Non-finite verbs To learn To educate others To influence policy Academic Writing purposes Academic Writing types Articles Books Reports Structures In accordance with the Modern Language Association (MLA) format Types of paper Library research Experimental research Case study paper Components Title paper, Outline, Abstract, Main body, Notes (optional), Appendix, And references. Title, Abstract, Introduction, Methods and materials, Analysis of results, Discussion, Conclusions and references. Title, Abstract, Introduction, Reports, Discussions, Conclusions and references. Paper Structure Title Author Abstract Key words Main text Introduction Literature Review Methods Results and Discussion Conclusion Acknowledgements References Supplementary material Academic Writing strategies 1) Choose a topic 2) Read and think about it 3) Take notes Reverse outline Outline Thesis statements Claims 4) Write from the outline Academic Writi