学术英语（教师资料）Unit 课件.ppt

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1、学术英语AcademicEnglishUnit1ChoosingaTopicUnitContents1Decidingonatopic2Formulatingaresearchquestion3Writingaworkingtitle4Enhancingyouracademiclanguage（穿插在以上各版块中）Unit1ChoosingaTopic1DecidingonatopicPrinciplesofDecidingonatopicTask1NarrowdownandevaluatetopicsTask2Dis

2、cussTask3ReadText1andText2andanswerquestionsAsacollegestudentofscienceandtechnology,youareoftenrequiredtowritealiteraturereviewaboutacertaintopic,ora1,500-wordtermpaper.Ineithercase,thewritingisacomplexprocesswhichinvolveschoosingatopic,searchingforrelevantmateria

3、ls,andcompilingareferencelist.Hencethefirstthingyouneedtodoistochoosearesearchtopic.Atopiciswhattheessayorresearchpaperisabout.Choosingatopicforyourliteraturerevieworresearchpaperrequirescarefulconsideration.Atopicthatistoospecializedortoogeneralmaybringmanyproble

4、msintermsofthetimeyoucandevotetotheresearchorthesourcesofinformationavailableonthetopic.Howdoyouchooseatopicwhichispossibletoresearch?Therearefourprinciples:Unit1ChoosingaTopic1DecidingonatopicFourprinciplesofdecidingonatopicInterestingImportantManageableAdequate

5、1)InterestingIfatopicholdsyourinterest,youwillmostlikelyenjoyworkingonit.However,youshouldalsobeawareoftheinterestofyourreaders.Forexample,ifyourreadersarefromdifferentdisciplinesoracademicbackgrounds,yourtopicshouldnotbetoospecific.2)Important.Youalsohavetoconsid

6、erthevalueofthetopicyouarelikelytochoose,bothacademicandsocial.Anessaywithoutpracticalortheoreticalvaluewillprobablynotattractreaders.3)Manageable.Narrowdownyourtopictomakeyourpapermanageable.Forexample,ifyouwanttodiscussthehistoryofadisease,itmaynotbepossiblefory

7、outocoveralltheimportantideasina1,500-wordessay.4)Adequate.Youhavetoaskthequestion:CanthetopicIhavechosenberesearched?Onecriterionisthatyoumustmakesurethatthereareadequatesourcematerialsavailableonthetopic.Avoidatopicthathasverylimitedinformationaboutit,foritisdif

8、ficulttocarryoutyourresearchwithoutpreviousstudies.Unit1ChoosingaTopic1DecidingonatopicCityDevelopmentSustainableDevelopmentofCitiesSustainableDevelopm