科研教程 毕业论文写作讲座.ppt

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1、毕业论文写作讲座PaperWritingForeignLanguageDepartmentWestAnhuiUniversityOctober,20091.1TypesofResearchPapersa)WhatisaResearchPaper?b)TypesofResearchPapers1.Reportresearchpaper2.Argumentativeresearchpaper1.2StepsinWritingaResearchPaper(1)Chooseasubjectsuitingbothyourinterestan

2、dpracticalityFindyoursupervisorWritingliteraturereviewandpreparingresearchtoolsHandinyourresearchproposaltoyoursupervisorSetyourtitleContinuereadingandtakingnotesifyoursupervisoragree1.2StepsinWritingaResearchPaper(2)DraftthebodyofthepaperAreyousatisfied?(Rememberthat

3、youhavelimitedtime)RedraftallorpartofthepaperDeliverquestionnaires,dointerviews,observations,tests,etc.ifyouusethemasresearchinstrumentsDrafttheintroductionandconclusionCollectdataandthenanalyzethemEditformechanicalerrors(suchasspellingandpunctuation)Areyousatisfiedth

4、attherearenoothererrors?Relax!Addthecoverpage(withyourname,thetitle,etc.)HandthepaperintoyoursupervisorAddcitationsandbibliography1.2StepsinWritingaResearchPaper(3)1.6Whatmakesagooddissertation?Qualityofwriting(detailed)Economyoflanguage.e,g.,condenseclausesintophrase

5、s;managelongsentencesbyconnectingandpausing(e.g.,pausebeforeelaborating);breaklongsentencesintoshorterunits;useparallelstructuretomaketheconnectionforthereaderPrecisewordchoice.e,g.,usethemostexact/appropriatewordsthatcaptureyourmeaning(notnecessarilylong)1.4Whatmake

6、sagooddissertation?Specific&concretedetail.Preciselanguageandgooddetailgohandinhand.Focusonsound,rhythm&variety.e,g.,uselongandshortsentencesrhythmically1.4Whatmakesagooddissertation?Qualityofwriting:well-written,andfreeoferrorsingrammar,syntax,punctuationandspellin

7、gneedlearntoavoidcommonerrorsthroughcarefuleditingandproofreadinge.g.,partsofspeech?1.4Whatmakesagooddissertation?e.g.,activeorpassivevoice?Inquantitativestudy-moreformalandnotreferencedtoauthor-passivevoiceusu.used.Somequalitativestudiesbettersuitedforactivevoicesu

8、chaspersonalreflections.NOTE:Differencesinqualitative&quantitativewritingcanattimesbesubtle.Whatmaybeacceptableinone,mightno