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1、Unit4 WritingaLiteratureReviewUnitContents1Writingaliteraturereview2Writingaself-containedliteraturereview3Writingaliteraturereviewasapartofanessay4Citation5Documentation6Avoidingplagiarism7Paraphrasing8EnhancingyouracademiclanguageUnit4 WritingaLiteratureReview1Writin
2、galiteraturereviewUnit4 WritingaLiteratureReviewAliteraturereviewisaveryimportantpartoftheresearchproject.Itmaybeaself-containedrevieworapartoftheintroductiontoanacademicessay.Ineithercase,itspurposeistodemonstrateaclearunderstandingofthetopicbeinginvestigated.Namely,y
3、ourliteraturereviewmusttellwhathasbeendoneonthetopic,whatdifferentscholarshavesaidabouttheirownresearch,whatmajorfindingshavebeenpublished,andwhatcontroversialareasexist.Agoodliteraturereviewcanenhancethecredibilityofyourresearchbyindicatingthatyourpresentstudyisbasedo
4、nathoroughandcriticalknowledgeofwhathasbeendoneinthefield.Beforewriting,tobecritical,youmustaskquestionsliketheseabouteachbookorarticleyouread:·Istheproblemclearlydefined?Isitssignificanceclearlyestablished?·Couldtheproblemhavebeenapproachedmoreeffectivelyfromanotherpe
5、rspectiveoronanothertheory?·Istheauthor'sresearchorientation(e.g.descriptive,critical,empirical)appropriate?·Isthereatheoreticalframeworkandisitappropriatetotheresearch(e.g.psychological,developmental,cognitive,feminist)?·Hastheauthorevaluatedtheliteraturerelevanttothe
6、problem/issue?Doestheauthorincludeliteraturetakingpositionssheorhedoesnotagreewith?·Howreliablearethebasiccomponentsofthestudydesign(e.g.population,variables,outcome)?Howaccurateandvalidarethemethodsused?Istheanalysisofthedataaccurateandrelevanttotheresearchquestion?Ar
7、etheconclusionsvalidlybaseduponthedataandanalysis?·Doestheauthoravoidusingone-sidedexamples,orrhetorically-chargedlanguageandtone?Isthereanobjectivebasistothereasoning?·Inwhatwaysdoesthisbookorarticlecontributetoyourunderstandingoftheproblemunderstudy,andinwhatwaysisit
8、usefulforpractice?Whatarethestrengthsandlimitations?Whilewritingyourliteraturereview,itisimportantforyoutotakethefoll
