《大学思辨英语教程写作4》参考答案-Unit 1.docx

Unit1OverviewofAcademicWriting

Pre-classreadingandresearch

1.

Whatisacademicculture?

Suggestedpoints:Academicculturegenerallyreferstothewayoflifeofacademics.Itisasetoftaken-for-grantedvalues,attitudesandwaysofbehaving,whicharelearned,sharedandreinforcedthroughrecurrentpracticesamongacademicsinagivenacademiccontext.

Whatisdisciplinaryculture?

Suggestedpoints:Disciplinarycultureisasystemofvalues,attitudesandbehaviorpatternssharedbymembersofascientificcommunitywithinthesamediscipline.Disciplineconstitutesaspecificareaofscholarlyactivityandrepresentsacommunityofresearchersthatsharecommonsubjectmatters,methodologicalprotocolsandresearchparadigms.

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Answer(Tips):Studentsaresuggestedpreparingforinterviewquestionsinadvance.Interviewquestionsmayinclude:(1)Whatroledouniversitiesplayinknowledgeconstruction?(2)Howknowledgeisproducedatuniversities?(3)Towhatextentisdoingandpublishingresearchanintegralpartofprofessors’lifeatuniversities?(4)Whatarethedifferencesbetweeneverydayknowledgeand“scientific”knowledgeproducedatuniversities?Follow-upquestionsmaybeaskedduringtheinterview.

Activity1

Languagestudies:

Languagestudiesincludebothlinguisticstudiesandappliedlinguisticstudies.Linguistsattempttodiscoversimilaritiesanddifferencesbothwithinandacrossparticularlanguages;appliedlinguistsapplythefindingsoflinguisticresearchtootherareas,suchaslanguageeducation,translation,andlanguageplanning.Researchersoflanguagestudiesusuallytakeapractical,problem-drivenrationale.Theyconstructdisciplinaryknowledgethroughnegotiating,arguing,debatingandassertingthefindingsoftheirownandotherscholars’research(boththeoreticalandempirical)inoralcommunicationsandacademicwriting.Suchwaysofknowledgeconstructionamonglinguistsandappliedlinguistscanbeobserv