An Introduction to Academic Writing---Publishable Research Paper

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1、CoverPageAnIntroductiontoAcademicWriting:PublishableResearchPaperXuXiwen2006,08CourseOutlineObjectivesoftheCourseTohelpstudents1.developacriticalunderstandingofgenresandconventionsofacademicwriting,andraiseawarenessofandpracticeskillsincriticalreading

2、,skillinsearchingandassessingvariousresearchmaterialsandsources;2.acquiretheabilitytousethediscoursepatternsofacademicEnglishanddevelopcompetenceinstructuringpaperseffectively,includingskillsinformulatinganeffectivethesis,writinganeffectiveintroductio

3、nandconclusion,developingargumentsandproducingeffectively-focusedandcoherentparagraphs;3.improvecompetenceinconveyingaprofessionaltone,andlearntousetechniquesforincorporatingquotationsandsources,includingusingthefirstpersonappropriatelyandinusingparal

4、lelstructure,activevoice,andothertechniquestowritewithclarity,precisionandconcision;4.becomefamiliarwithandpracticediscipline-specificacademicpapers,includingsummaries,abstracts,proposals,applicationsandrecommendations,reportsandresearchpapers;5.devel

5、opcompetenceinusingformatsofin-textdocumentationandfinalbibliography,includingAPA(AmericanPsychologicalAssociation)formatandMLT(ModernLanguageAssociation)format.TextbooksandReadingsCoursematerialsincludein-classcoursereadings,handoutofsamplesandadditi

6、onalon-linecoursesupportreadings.CourseTopicsandAssignments·IntroductiontoAcademicWritingNatureofAcademicWriting:Threetypesofwriting---arguments,narratives,anddescriptivewriting;differencesinrhetoricandacademicwritingsGenreanalysis:Title;Author’sname;

7、Abstract;Keywords;Body;(or)Acknowledgements;References;(or)Appendix;(or)BiodataBody:Introduction(LiteratureReview);MaterialsandExperiments(Data);Results(Findings);Discussion;Conclusions;(or)ImplicationsArgumentationandSearchofSecondarySources:document

8、ingsourcesandcritiqueofotherwriters,CriticalreadingskillsandskillsinusingsearchenginesuchasGoogle,Baiduandotheracademicsearchengines;Topicassignments:1.Findoutandprintonetypicalsampleofyourdiscipline-specificpaper2.Makeagenreanalysis·CommonPat