大学英文写作第二版课件陈 倩ISBN 9787566308733 PPTUNIT17.ppt

  Unit 17 OBJECTIVES To be aware of the purpose of making data interpretation To be able to make an appropriate choice of the items of information being interpreted To know the methods of making data interpretation To view different figures and interpretations To practice writing data interpretation for different figures effectively  CONTENTS Lead-in Introduction Awareness raising Purposes of of data interpretation Structure of data interpretation Language focus Practice Homework   Lead-in What is data? How is the interpretation? Introduction “Data is statistical information that may be presented graphically in the form of tables or figures.” (McCormack and Slaght 2006: 86) “Typically, the data is displaced in a table, graph, figure, or some other kind of nonverbal illustration. This data may be incorporated in the main text or attached as an appendix. We have called these writing subtasks data commentaries.” (Swales and Feak 1994: 77). Introduction Data description is a kind of verbal illustration for the graphically presented information. Awareness Raising Do Task 1 in your course book and answer the questions Awareness Raising Read the interpretation below the table in your course book. What is the difference between reading the table alone and reading both the table and the interpretation? Do you know why data interpretation is needed? Purpose of Data Interpretation To highlight the result. To assess standard theory, common beliefs, or general practice in the light of given data. To compare and evaluate some particular data sets. To assess the reliability of the data in terms of the methodology that produced it. To discuss the implication of the data. Purpose of Data Interpretation Read the interpretation of Table 1 Task 1 again and find the answers to the following questions: 1) How does the passage actually start? 2) Which sentence contains the author’s key p