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1、Unit4 WritingaLiteratureReviewUnitContents1Writingaliteraturereview2Writingaself-containedliteraturereview3Writingaliteraturereviewasapartofanessay4Citation5Documentation6Avoidingplagiarism7Paraphrasing8EnhancingyouracademiclanguageUnit4 WritingaLiteratu
2、reReview1WritingaliteraturereviewUnit4 WritingaLiteratureReviewAliteraturereviewisaveryimportantpartoftheresearchproject.Itmaybeaself-containedrevieworapartoftheintroductiontoanacademicessay.Ineithercase,itspurposeistodemonstrateaclearunderstandingofthet
3、opicbeinginvestigated.Namely,yourliteraturereviewmusttellwhathasbeendoneonthetopic,whatdifferentscholarshavesaidabouttheirownresearch,whatmajorfindingshavebeenpublished,andwhatcontroversialareasexist.Agoodliteraturereviewcanenhancethecredibilityofyourres
4、earchbyindicatingthatyourpresentstudyisbasedonathoroughandcriticalknowledgeofwhathasbeendoneinthefield.Beforewriting,tobecritical,youmustaskquestionsliketheseabouteachbookorarticleyouread:·Istheproblemclearlydefined?Isitssignificanceclearlyestablished?·C
5、ouldtheproblemhavebeenapproachedmoreeffectivelyfromanotherperspectiveoronanothertheory?·Istheauthor'sresearchorientation(e.g.descriptive,critical,empirical)appropriate?·Isthereatheoreticalframeworkandisitappropriatetotheresearch(e.g.psychological,develop
6、mental,cognitive,feminist)?·Hastheauthorevaluatedtheliteraturerelevanttotheproblem/issue?Doestheauthorincludeliteraturetakingpositionssheorhedoesnotagreewith?·Howreliablearethebasiccomponentsofthestudydesign(e.g.population,variables,outcome)?Howaccuratea
7、ndvalidarethemethodsused?Istheanalysisofthedataaccurateandrelevanttotheresearchquestion?Aretheconclusionsvalidlybaseduponthedataandanalysis?·Doestheauthoravoidusingone-sidedexamples,orrhetorically-chargedlanguageandtone?Isthereanobjectivebasistothereason
8、ing?·Inwhatwaysdoesthisbookorarticlecontributetoyourunderstandingoftheproblemunderstudy,andinwhatwaysisitusefulforpractice?Whatarethestrengthsandlimitations?Whilewritingyourliteraturereview,itisimportantforyoutotakethefoll
