英语论文写作Lecture 7

Lecture7Howtowriteadissertation?OutlineReviewingHowtowriteanabstract?Howtowriteaconclusion?Howtorefertopreviouswork?Formatofyourdissertationwriting(江科大）？I。ReviewingDatacollection&dataanalysisQ1:Whatarethebasicelements?Elementsofdatacollection:---when,where,who,howdoyoucollectyourdata.Elementsofdataanalysis:---Howdoyoudealwithyourdatatogenerateanswerstoyourresearchquestions.I。ReviewingDatacollection&dataanalysisQ2:Howtoreportthedatacollection&analysis?---Reportwhatyoudidexactly---Focusonthemostsignificantandthemostrelevantinformation.Tips:Usepasttense&passivevoiceDatacollectionshouldbecloselyrelatedtoyourresearchdesign,(i.e.theprocessofyourresearch).Dataanalysismustberightinlinewithyourresearchquestions.(howtofindtheanswerstoyourresearchquestions)I。ReviewingResults&discussions1.Whatarethebasicelements?appliedlinguisticsliteraturestatisticsargumentstables/figuresevidenceconclusionsinterpretation2.Howtoreporttheresults&dodiscussions?---ThenumberofyourfindingsusuallyequalstothenumberofyourRQs---ReportyourfindingsstrictlyinlinewithyourRQs.---Findings:85%-90%;Discussions:15%-10%---Findingsprecedesdiscussions.---Discussionsarebasedonfindings.II.Howtowriteanabstract?Whatisanabstract?--Anabstractofaresearchpaperisthefirstsourceofinformationforawould-bereader.--aconcisebutprecisedescriptionofyourresearch.II.Howtowriteanabstract?Essentialsofanabstract?1)titleofyourresearchpaper2)abird’seyeviewofthesubjectmatter(topic)3)thepurposeofthestudy（RQs）4)thewaytheresearchiscarriedout5)Someimportantfindings6)Significance&implicationsofthefindings7)KeywordsTips:--Presenttenseisusuallyused.--Onesentenceforoneaspect.Example1ComparisonbetweendialoguesinthebookJaneEyreandthoseinthescreenplayThisdissertationisanexerciseinconversationanalysis,andtheaimoftheresearchistocomparedialoguesinthebookJaneEyreandthoseinthefilmbasedonthebook.Themethodofresearchisconversationanalysis(Tusi2000)andthefocusofthestudyisonthelinguisticanalysis,whichismainlyconcernedwiththestudyoftheuseoflanguageinbothtexts.ThedataareselectedfromthebookJaneEyreanditsscreenplaysofthesamebook.Thestudyshowsthatalthoughtheyarewrittentotellthesamestory,thetwotextsreflectdifferentstylesandlanguagefeaturesandthateachhasitsowncharacteristicsintermsofexpressingtheintendedmeanings.Thesefindingshighlightthedifferentstylesofliteratureworksduetotheirdifferentgenres,henceprovidingEFLlearnerswithinsightfulimplicationsintheirreadingofnovelsandscreenplays.Example1ComparisonbetweendialoguesinthebookJaneEyreandthoseinthescreenplayThisdissertationisanexerciseinconversationanalysis,andtheaimoftheresearchistocomparedialoguesinthebookJaneEyreandthoseinthefilmbasedonthebook.Themethodofresearchisconversationanalysis(Tusi2000)andthefocusofthestudyisonthelinguisticanalysis,whichismainlyconcernedwiththestudyoftheuseoflanguageinbothtexts.ThedataareselectedfromthebookJaneEyreanditsscreenplaysofthesamebook.Thestudyshowsthatalthoughtheyarewrittentotellthesamestory,thetwotextsreflectdifferentstylesandlanguagefeaturesandthateachhasitsowncharacteristicsintermsofexpressingtheintendedmeanings.Thesefindingshighlightthedifferentstylesofliteratureworksduetotheirdifferentgenres,henceprovidingEFLlearnerswithinsightfulimplicationsintheirreadingofnovelsandscreenplays.ExampleIIMetacognitiveStrategiesandEnglishReadingThispaperreportsanempiricalstudyontherelationshipbetweenmetacognitivestrategiesandEnglishreading.OnequestionnaireandoneFinal-termEnglishExaminationareusedtocollectthedata.SPSS15.0forwindowsisadoptedtoanalyzethedata.ResultsofthestudyrevealthatChinesestudentsmajoringinEnglishusemetacognitivestrategiesmoreorlessinEnglishreading.Theindividualmetacognitivestrategiesusuallyusedbythestudentsare:(1)Relatingpriorknowledgetotextcontentforunderstanding;(2)Underliningandmarkingmainpointsforremembering;(3)Adjustingreadingspeedaccordingtothetimeandquantities;(4)Anticipatingthecontentsofthetextsbasedonthetitle.Theindividualstrategythatisespeciallyseldomusedbythestudentsis:(1)Self-questioningforbetterunderstanding.Ofthefourmetacognitivestrategycategories,theselectiveattentionstrategycategoryismostfavoredbythestudents,andtheevaluatingstrategycategoryisleastpreferredbythem.Resultsofstudyalsorevealthatthreemetacognitivestrategiesaresignificantlyassociatedwithstudents’Englishreadingperformance.Theyare:(1)Relatingpriorknowledgetotextcontentforunderstanding;(2)Underliningandmarkingmainpointsforremembering;(3)Evaluatingtheeffectivenessofthereadingstyleusedandimprovingit.ThefindingsofthisstudyindicatethatthereisapositiverelationshipbetweenmetacognitivestrategiesandEnglishreading,andoffersomeinsightsintoEFLreadinginstructionandmetacognitivestrategytraininginChina.Keywords:Metacognitivestrategies；Englishreading；RelationshipExampleIII--ZWJ’sIII.Howtowriteaconclusion?Essentialelements:1)Topic/focusofyourstudy+majorfindingstoyourRQs.2)Implications&suggestionsofyourfindings--significance&contributionsofyourresearch3)Limitationsofyourresearch4)SuggestionsforfutureresearchHowtorefertoprevious