英语学术论文写作 ppt课件

CLASS 1
PICKING AN A++ TOPIC
PART 1
WHAT IS A RESEARCH PAPER?
WHAT IS A RESEARCH PAPER?
•It is a paper that:
•presents an original approach to some academic topic, •organized around a central thesis, •using insights based on research, and •citing sources in a scholarly fashion.
•In today’s “knowledge economy”, more and more people are using
research skills in their daily work.
•Understanding how to analyze, evaluate, criticize, combine, and
WHY IS LEARNING TO WRITE A RESEARCH PAPER IMPORTANT?
•The ability to do research and use it intelligently in writing is a basic
tool of any educated person.
• a strong thesis can usually be stated in a single sentence • the sentence that states your thesis may appear in your final paper
MORE EXAMPLES
• SUBJECT
interestingly in just 10-15 pages?
• QUESTION
• the best topics are build around intriguing questions
• THESIS
• states what you want to say about the topic—your conclusion based on your research and thought
artistic touch.
MORE EXAMPLES
• SUBJECT
• Second language acquisition
• TOPIC
• Learner error analysis
• QUESTION
• How did spell and grammar checkers change the error patterns in college students’ English writing exercises?
RESEARCH PAPER WRITING
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REQUIREMENTS: PAPER RELATED
• Topic Selecting • Background Reading • Note Taking • Focus Statement • Outline • First Draft • Final Draft
THE LENGTH OF A RESEARCH PAPER
•Scholarly magazines or journals
• very short, 3-5 pages in length
•PhD thesis
• hundreds of pages
•Required paper
• 10-15 pages, 20 pound space, 4000-5000 words
• William Faulkner (1897-1962 )
• TOPIC
• The repetition of certain nouns in the sound and the fury
• QUESTIΒιβλιοθήκη BaiduN
• What is the function of repetition in the novel?
• THESIS
• The analysis shows that the repetition of certain nouns in the novel is
expressive in that it gives emphasis or emotive heightening to the repeated
FOUR KEY ELEMENTS
• SUBJECT
• a very broad category—a general area of interest—usually assigned by your teacher
• TOPIC
• more specific focus within the general subject—developed by the student • —the narrower, the better • does your research paper describe a topic area that can be covered adequately and
meaning and theme, thus striking the reader as having some deliberate and
unique artistic values in the novel and reinforce the theme of the novel with an
• THESIS
• Statistical analysis from data collected shows that spell checkers significantly improve students’ spelling but grammar checkers do not function the same way.
draw conclusions from information sources is crucial to everyday decisions.
PART 2
FROM SUBJECT TO TOPIC
FOUR KEY ELEMENTS
•SUBJECT •TOPIC •QUESTION •THESIS