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1、AnIntroductiontoAcademicWriting:PublishableResearchPaperChapter1IntroductionWritingforacademicpurposeintheEnglishasaForeignLanguage(EFL)contextconcernshownon-nativestudents,intermsofinternationalcommunicationsorpublications,meettherequirementsoftheWesternacademiccommun
2、ity.Whilemuchoftheemphasisofcurrentgraduatewritingcoursehasbeenlaidonnon-nativestudents’errorsinvocabularyorgrammar,thecoursetriestopresenttypicalwritingstyles,preferences,attitudesandbeliefstowardseffectiveacademicwritinginEnglish,particularlytraditionalrhetoricalpatt
3、ernswithintheresearchreportwritingformat.1.ResearchPaperFormatAlthoughdifferentlanguagesandtheircultureshavedifferent“rules”forpresenting,explaining,andorganizingideasinwriting,itisnecessarytofollowtheresearchreportformatinordertomeettherequirementsofacademicresearchan
4、dinternationalpublications.ApublishableresearchpaperinEnglishissupposedtoincludeAbstract(executivesummary)followedbyKeyWordsorIndexTerms,Introduction(literaturereview),ResearchMethodologiesandProcedures,ResultsandFindings,DiscussionandConclusion,References(Bibliography
5、)orAppendixes(ifany).Thefollowingchartistodescribethegeneralfunctionsandfundamentalsofdifferentpartsofapublishableresearchpaper:ItemsFunctionsFundamentalsAbstract(ExecutiveSummary)·Toframethewriter’sidea·Toidentifythewriter’scontributions·Toorientatetheeffectivereading
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7、iousresearch·Topresentargumentsandhypothesis·Thepurposeandbackgroundofpresentstudy·Thescopeandfocustodevelopthestudy·Problems,argumentationandhypothesis101ResearchMethodologiesandProcedures·Tospecifythemethodsandproceduresconductingthepresentstudy·Topresentdatacollecti
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