《英语学术论文写作教程》教学课件 Unit 6 Abstract.pptxVIP

Unit 6 Abstract 点击添加文本 点击添加文本 点击添加文本 点击添加文本 Overview An abstract is an overview of a research paper. It always appears at the beginning of the paper, acting as the point-of-entry. An abstract may explicitly or implicitly give information about Research Background, Introduction, Objectives, Methods, Results, and Conclusions, providing readers with brief preview about the whole study, upon which many readers depend to decide whether to read the entire paper or not. Therefore, as your first readers, publishers of some journals may determine a rejection of your manuscript by skimming the abstract alone. 点击添加文本 点击添加文本 点击添加文本 点击添加文本 Overview This unit will design tasks to consolidate students’ understanding of abstract writing in terms of the five moves included in the abstracts, the verb tenses in each move and the use of that-clause in the move of Results. 点击添加文本 点击添加文本 点击添加文本 点击添加文本 Task 1 Read the following abstract and answer the questions that follow. 点击添加文本 点击添加文本 点击添加文本 点击添加文本 Questions: Underline the key sentence or the most important finding of the study in the astract. The key sentence “Two groups undergone the program had a significant difference in the psychological well-being and hope.” because it summarizes the main finding of the entire paper. Abstract 点击添加文本 点击添加文本 点击添加文本 点击添加文本 Questions: This abstract has seven sentences and contains 126 words. Is it your expected length? What is the case in your field? The length of the abstract seems related to the different fields. The science normally has a longer abstract than the humanities. An average sentence length is around 25 words, which is, in general, standard for research writing. The word limit established by most journals is between 150 and 200 words. Abstract 点击添加文本 点击添加文本 点击添加文本 点击添加文本 Questions: What tenses are used in this abstract? How are these tenses used? Past tense and present tense are used in this abstract. The opening statement and the purpose of the r