Highlights in conclusion writing

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1、1IntroductionlTheimportanceofconclusionsectionofresearchpaperisoftenundervaluedbyresearchpaperwriters.Infactconclusionsectionjustweighsasmuchastheintroductionsectionintheeyesofofthepeoplewhowouldliketoreadyourresearchpaper.Researchpaperreadersaremorelikelytochoosemo

2、reimportantparts,suchasabstract,introductionandconclusiontoreadtogettheimportantinformationofaresearchpaper.lLiketheAbstract,theConclusionalsoreferstotheresearch.Theformerlooksforward(prospective),whereasthelatterlooksbackward(retrospective).lTheobviousfunctionofaCo

3、nclusionistobringthepapertoanend.lResearchpapersmaydifferinformatforthemiddlesectionsbutalmostallhaveaConclusion.2ThecontentofConclusion•TheConclusioncontainsinsummaryformwhathasalreadybeenpresentedinthepaper.•Referenceismadetodifferentsectionsofthepaperandtherelati

4、onshipbetweenonepartandanother.•Someconclusionsmaymentionthedeficienciesofthepresentresearchbutmostlookintothefutureanddiscussbrieflythesignificanceoftheirresearchforothersinthefield.•ThefollowingConclusion(Swan,1999:270)isagoodexample.Ex1.Itwouldbequitewrongformeto

5、implyherethatasurefiresolutionhasbeenfoundtothewidespreadandintractableproblemofprovidingacrashcourseinreportwritingforpostgraduatestudentspossessedofaverywiderangeofEnglishskillsatintake.Whatdoesseemclear,however,isthatfocusingontextatthephraselevel,andinparticular

6、thephrasestructure‘XofY’,providesausefulstartingpoint,acceptableandhelpfultostudentsatallbuttheverylowestlevels.ItwillbeofinteresttoestablishinfuturewhethercommandanduseofthisstructurecorrelateswithrelativelyhighermarksbothinGeologyexaminationanswersandintheend-of-p

7、rogramresearchreport.•Theaboveconclusionisashortparagraphreferringtosomedeficiencyinaproposalmadeinthepaperforteachingreportwritingtopostgraduatestudentsfollowedbyanassertionthatthesuggestedmethodology‘providesausefulstartingpoint’.Itthenlooksintothefutureforpossibl

8、efurtherresearchinthesamearea.ThestructureofConclusion•UnliketheAbstract,theelementsofstructureintheConclusionmayvarywidelyespeciallyifthe