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1、HowtoWriteanAbstractforaResearchPaperWANGYanSchoolofInternationalStudiesUIBEIssuestoaddress:1Whatisanabstract?2Functionsofanabstract3Structureofanabstract4Principlesofabstractwriting1.Whatisanabstract?Anabstractisacondensedversionofalongerpieceofwritingthathighlightsthemajorpointscovered,conciselyd

2、escribesthepurposeandscopeofthewriting,andreviewsthewriting'scontentsinabbreviatedform.Itisaconciseandclearsummaryofacompleteresearchpaper.IttellsthereaderWhatyousetouttodo,andWhyyoudidit,Howyoudidit,Whatyoufound(recommendations).12.FunctionsofanabstractAnabstractisusedtocommunicatespecificinform

3、ationfromthearticle.Itisaimedatintroducingthesubjecttoreaders,whomaythenreadthearticletofindouttheauthor'sresults,conclusions,orrecommendations.2.FunctionsofanabstractThepracticeofusingkeywordsinanabstractisvitalbecauseoftoday'selectronicinformationretrievalsystems.Titlesandabstractsarefiledelect

4、ronically,andkeywordsareputinelectronicstorage.Whenpeoplesearchforinformation,theyenterkeywordsrelatedtothesubject,andthecomputerprintsoutthetitlesofallthearticlescontainingthosekeywords.Anabstractmustcontainkeywordsaboutwhatisessentialinanarticlesothatsomeoneelsecanretrieveinformationfromit.3.Str

5、uctureofanabstractThecomponentsofanabstract①BackgroundInformation②SubjectMatter/ProblemStatement③Purpose④Method(andData)⑤Results/Findings⑥Conclusion/Implications2Thecomponentsofanabstract①BackgroundinformationYoumayneedtoreferbrieflytobackgroundtoprovideacontext.②Statementoftheproblem(subjectmatte

6、r):Whatproblem(s)areyoutryingtosolve?Whatistheauthor’sfocusinthisresearch?③Purposeoftheresearch:Whatisthereason/purposefordoingthisresearch?④Methods(approachanddata):Whatisthemainmethodusedfortheresearch?Whatisthetheoreticalframework?Whatisthesubjectscope?Whatdataisanalyzed?⑤Results(Findings):

7、Whatdidyoufind/invent/create?⑥Conclusion(Implications):Whatarethelargerimplicationsofyourfindings,esp.fortheproblem/gapidentifiedinsteps①&②?Exercise1:ASampleAbstract(1)Thedozensofstudiesonacademicdis