Academic Writing.ppt

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1、ACADEMICWRITINGAcademicWritingWritingresearchPapersWritingResearchReportsWritingAGraduationThesisStep1ResearchandWriting1.DefinitionofAcademicWriting?Itiswritingresearchpapers.Characteristicsofacademic?AscholarlylengthyExploringanideaSeekinganswersWhatactivitiesdoesresearchinclude?Id

2、entifyingandchoosingaresearchtopicLocatingandreviewingpreviousresearchAssimilatingother’sfindingsFormulatingyourfocusDevelopingandexpressingyourideasclearlyAndconvincinglywithsupportingmaterials2.MajortypesofresearchA.PrimaryresearchAlsocalled“empiricalresearch”or“fieldresearch”Throu

3、ghfirsthandinvestigation-byexperiment-byinterviewB.Secondaryresearch-Alsocalled“libraryresearch”Bygatheringtheresearchfindingsfromotherpeople’sresearchByanalyzingtheresearchfindingsfromotherpeople’sresearch3.MajorfeaturesofacademicwritingNewincontentoranalysisWell-focusedtopicMultipl

4、esourcesObjectiveintoneStep2ChoosingaTopic1.CriteriaofgoodtopicsTopicsyoutrulylikewell-focusedsignificantresearchablewithenoughdata2.Whataremajorsourcesofresearchtopics?Theoriesofvariety.Professorsorcourseinstructors.One’sexperienceandinterests.Otherpeople’sresearch.3.Howtochooseatop

5、ic?A.Chooseasubjectareaaccordingtotherequirementofyourcourseforaresearchpaper,oryourschoolforyourgraduationthesis.B.Identifyaresearchinterestorresearchtopic.C.Narrowthetopicdownasmuchaspossible.D.Reviewtheliteratureonthetopicascompletelyaspossible.E.Statetheprobleminaquestionform.F.T

6、ranslateorturnyourresearchquestionintoathesisstatement.Example1EnglishTeachingEnglishTeachinginthe‘CulturalRevolution’20th-CenturyEnglishTeachinginChinaEnglishTeachinginChinaEnglishTeachingFirstbroadtopicSecondnarrowertopicThirdStillnarrowertopicFourthSuitabletopicExample2MarkTwainEx

7、pressionsofMarkTwain’sDepressioninHisNovelsMarkTwain’sDepressionPsychologyofMarkTwainMarkTwainFirstbroadtopicSecondnarrowertopicThirdStillnarrowertopicFourthSuitabletopicStep3ReviewingRelatedLiterature1.DiscoverrelatedsourcesA.Backgroundsources◆basicinformation,usuallyyoucanfindthisi

8、ndictionarie