学术英语写作进阶教程Keys-Unit 7.docx

Unit7Literaturereview

Part1

1Purposeofaliteraturereview

Seethewritingtips.

2Contentofaliteraturereview

Thereareseveralquotationsanddifferentsourcescited.

ThereappearstobelittleagreementonformativeassessmentinChina.

Allsourcesarejournalarticles.

InSentence3,thewriterquestionstheapplicabilityofJin’s(2008)statement.InSentence4,thewriterevaluatesWei’s(2010)opiniontowardsformativeassessmentinChinaaspositive.InSentence5,thewriterillustratesthecomplexity,orduality,ofWang’s(2008)view.InSentences7-9,thewritersurmisesthat,andexplainswhy,thecontrastingattitudestowardsformativeassessmentinChinaareexpected.

3Structureofaliteraturereview

ThesourceinSegment2speaksunfavorablyofformativeassessmentinChina,whereasthesourceinSegment3speaksfavorablyofit.ThesourceinSegment4speaksfirstfavorablybutthenunfavorablyofformativeassessmentinChina.ThesourceinSegment5speaksneutrallyormildlycriticallyofit.

ThisbroadvarietyofopinionstowardsformativeassessmentinChinasupportsthestatementmadeinSegment1.

ThesourceinSegment6providesapossibleexplanationforthephenomenonidentifiedinSegment1andsupportedinSegments2–5.ThestatementinSegment6clarifiestherelationship.

Part2

1Evaluatingsourcescritically

Sentence1:spiriteddebate

Sentence2:broadagreement

Sentence3:insightfulstudy

Sentence4:appeartobereliable;only

Sentence5:cannotbegeneralized;callsintoquestionthestudy’susefulness

Sentence6:farmorehelpful;muchlargerdataset

Sentence7:rightfullycalledintoquestion;inadequate

Sentence8:invaluablenewinsights;influential;highlycritical

Sentence9:Whatstandsout;seemstobeaseriousshortcoming

2Synthesizingsources

Sentence1

Thelastdecadehasseenaspiriteddebateintheliteraturebetweensomeofthemostprominentenvironmentalscholarsontheissueofplasticpo