《大学思辨英语教程写作4》参考答案-Unit 8.docx

Unit8HowtoWriteAbstractsandAcknowledgements

Pre-classreadingandresearch

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

Thefollowingisaparagraphdescribingsomefeaturesofacademicculture…

Tips:Studentinterviewersaresuggestedpreparingforinterviewquestionsinadvance.Interviewquestionsmayinclude:(1)WhatarethefeaturesofgoodEnglishabstracts?(2)Whataretheproblems/difficultiesofstudentstoproducegoodabstracts?(3)Whatarethefeaturesofgoodacknowledgements?(4)Whataretheproblems/difficultiestoproducegoodacknowledgements?Studentinterviewersmayalsoasktheintervieweestocommentonthestrengthsandweaknessesofanabstractandacknowledgementswrittenbyastudentwritertoelicittheinterviewees’responsestostudentabstractandacknowledgementswriting.

Activity1

AbstractA:

Thetitleofthisarticleisunclear.“ACorpusStudyonTwoSeeminglySynonymousWords‘Gain’and‘Obtain’”mayconveyaclearermessagetoreaders.

Asastand-alonemini-text,apreviewandapromotionaltool,anabstractshouldpurposefullyhighlighttheessentialcontentofaresearchpaper.AbstractAdoesnotperformthesefunctionswell.TheBackgroundpartofthisabstract(Sentences1-4)isnotpresentedinaconciseway.AlogicalgapseemstoexistbetweenSentences1-3andSentence4althoughatransitionalword‘However’isusedatthebeginningofSentence4.Evenworse,theabstractprovidesreaderswithinadequateinformationabouthowsynonymouswords‘gain’and‘obtain’are“typicallyusedindifferentways”inthetwonativecorpora,whiletoomuchspaceisgiventothediscussionoftheusageof‘gain’and‘obtain’inlearnercorpora.

AbstractB:

AbstractBisawell-writtenabstract.

Activity2

Tips:Studentsmaybeencouragedtothinkaboutanddiscusstheinnerlogicofthelistedquestionsfirst.Afteransweringquestions,theycanch