英语论文写作课件答案 陈倩ISBN 9787566304391DSRTN14.ppt

UNIT 14 A RESEARCH PAPER ABSTRACT CONTENTS 1. FUNCTION AND PURPOSE 2. CONTENTS AND ORGANISATION 3. LANGUAGE FEATURE 4. PRACTICE OBJECTIVES To understand： The function The elements of information The way that it could be organised The language features 1. FUNCTION AND PURPOSE Task 1 p143 Discuss and answer the following questions: 1. What do you know about abstracts? 2. Why are there requirements for abstracts for professional papers and dissertations？ Task 2 p143 Read the following abstracts and answer the questions： 1） Do you know what the main points are in each of the papers following these abstracts？ 2） Are the contents in these abstracts relevant to your subject area？Do you want to read the entire paper after reading each of these abstracts？Why and why not？ What is an Abstract? It is an element of the preliminaries of a dissertation. ‘The role of the abstract is not to evaluate, but rather to describe, the dissertation.’ (Slade 2000:38) Why Needed? 1 Because editors need orientation, and readers use abstracts as guides to see if the contents are relevant to their interests. Abstracts in primary journals are collected into the world’s important information index encyclopaedia, e.g. Chemical Abstracts (Day, 1989). Now collected into the computer data base Why Needed? 2 Because conference committee reviewers need them to view your research areas. Whether the abstracts attract the viewers’ interest often determines whether the papers are accepted by the conference. Task 3 144 1） Read Abstracts 1, 2, 3, and 4, and tick the columns in Table 1. 2） After completing the table, discuss the answers with your partner for the following questions. a. Items of information？ b. Same amount of information for all？ c. Organise in the same way, length, and order？ d. Publication they are from？ Table 1 Organisation Features of Abstracts Should contain the most important wor