《大学思辨英语教程写作4》参考答案-Unit 8.pdf

Unit8HowtoWriteAbstractsandAcknowledgements

Pre-classreadingandresearch

1.Thedefinitionsandfunctionsofabstractsandacknowledgementscanbefoundinthe

textbook(pp.207-208,pp.221-222).

2.Thefollowingisaparagraphdescribingsomefeaturesofacademicculture…

Tips:Studentinterviewersaresuggestedpreparingforinterviewquestionsinadvance.

Interviewquestionsmayinclude:(1)WhatarethefeaturesofgoodEnglishabstracts?(2)

Whataretheproblems/difficultiesofstudentstoproducegoodabstracts?(3)Whatarethe

featuresofgoodacknowledgements?(4)Whataretheproblems/difficultiestoproducegood

acknowledgements?Studentinterviewersmayalsoasktheintervieweestocommentonthe

strengthsandweaknessesofanabstractandacknowledgementswrittenbyastudentwriterto

elicittheinterviewees’responsestostudentabstractandacknowledgementswriting.

Activity1

AbstractA:

Thetitleofthisarticleisunclear.“ACorpusStudyonTwoSeeminglySynonymousWords

‘Gain’and‘Obtain’”mayconveyaclearermessagetoreaders.

Asastand-alonemini-text,apreviewandapromotionaltool,anabstractshouldpurposefully

highlighttheessentialcontentofaresearchpaper.AbstractAdoesnotperformthese

functionswell.TheBackgroundpartofthisabstract(Sentences1-4)isnotpresentedina

conciseway.AlogicalgapseemstoexistbetweenSentences1-3andSentence4althougha

transitionalword‘However’isusedatthebeginningofSentence4.Evenworse,theabstract

providesreaderswithinadequateinformationabouthowsynonymouswords‘gain’and

‘obtain’are“typicallyusedindifferentways”inthetwonativecorpora,whiletoomuch

spaceisgiventothediscussionoftheusageof‘gain’and‘obtain’inlearnercorpora.

AbstractB:

AbstractBisawell-writtenabstract.

Activity2

Tips:Studentsmaybeencouragedto