1、课程要求出席率课堂积极发言考试安排1对课程的理解用英文简单的介绍一下自己的专业2课程安排研究论文的结构研究论文的常用语法、词汇和句型研究论文的常见错误以杂志要求为例,介绍研究论文的修改按照专业方向讨论文献3第一部分第一部分研究论文的结构研究论文的结构 4研究论文的结构TitleAuthorsAffiliationAbstract Key wordsIntroductionMaterial and methodResult and discussionConclusionAcknowledgementReference5TITLE举例:1.Synthesis of PHAs from Waste
2、r under Various C:N Ratios2.Cloning and Expression the PHA Synthase Gene PhaCI into Bacilus3.Synthesis of Poly-hydroxyalkanoates from Activated Sludge under Various Oxidation-Reduction Potentials4.Study of microfiltration behaviour of oily wastewater5.Oily wastewater treatment by means of ceramic me
3、mbrane6AUTHORSANDAFFILIATION作者:按照对论文的贡献排序作者顺序最重要的是第一作者和通讯作者单位:名称,地址,邮编等。(参照杂志要求)Faculty of Environmental Science and Engineering,Guangdong University of Technology,Guangzhou,510006 China7ABSTRACT摘要:一般都有字数要求内容上要写清楚,本研究的主要工作和结果。What the research questions in the manuscript was/wereHow the research was
4、 carried outWhat the main finding or conclusions wereWhat further research could arise from such findings8KEY WORDS关键词:选取本研究的35个关键词9INTRODUCTION介绍研究的背景,前人的研究成果和遇到的问题,从而引出本研究的主要内容和目的意义。10INTRODUCTION练习:There are many situations in which you may have to explain that your research is about:for example:
5、in a research proposal,in a thesis abstract or introduction,in meetings with your supervisor,at seminars or conferences,when talking to friends,and so on.Can you think of other situations in which you have had to explain your research?11INTRODUCTION练习Explain your research to other studentsOne of the
6、 biggest difficulties when you are explaining your research(written or spoken)is to anticipate what the listener/reader will know and what they wont know.You must adjust your language depending on the level of knowledge of your listener/reader and modify your language in terms of:How much background
7、 information you need to give the listener/reader so that they can understand your specific topicHow much depth you go into when you are explaining your specific topicHow much complex terminology you will useWhether you need to define this terminology for the listener/reader12INTRODUCTIONTake a few
8、moments to think about this and how you would explain your research to the students sitting next to you.Here are some questions to guide you:What is the general field of your research?What is the particular topic within this field that you are interested in?What specific questions or problems are yo
9、u interested in?Why are these questions/problems important?13INTRODUCTIONWhen you are listening to other students,pay close attention to anything you do not understand.Help each other by asking for further explanation:“can you explain.?”“what exactly do you mean by?14INTRODUCTION练习write an introduct
10、ion to your researchWrite a brief introduction to your proposed research.The description should be written for someone interested in your topic but does not know much about it.Explain the research area.Explain your specific research gap.If you can,you can talk about your methodology and research que
11、stion as well.Use whatever structure you need for your research,but the style should be a formal,academic written style.15MATERIALANDMETHOD介绍实验中的材料和方法16RESULTANDDISCUSSION研究论文的核心部分结果:主要阐述本研究的结果,创新点,首次取得了那些成果讨论:针对结果展开讨论,可以引用别人的论述来证明自己的结果17WRITINGABOUTDATAThe concept of dataData is a keyword in postgr
12、aduate research.A paper without data is not really a paper.However,there are different kinds of data:1.data that is collected:in some kinds of research,data is gathered or collected,using experimental methods,surveys and interviews,observations,etc.2.data is found or selected:in other kinds of resea
13、rch the data is found.Sometimes,the data is constructed.18WRITINGABOUTDATAResults,findings and discussionData rarely comes in a form that can be directly transferred to the printed page and be understood by other people.You have to write about it.This often involves three steps:1.reporting results2.
14、summarizing findings3.discussing result and findings.19WRITINGABOUTDATAreporting resultsThe concept of results may apply more readily to research where the data are processed in order to produce numerical or statistical outcomes.In this kind of research,the results are often reported in the form of
15、tables or graphs.The important point to remember here is that tables and graphs do not speak for themselves.You usually have to summarize the key information in words.Failing to do this is a common weakness in postgraduate paper.20WRITINGABOUTDATAsummarizing findings If your data have“results”,your“
16、finding”are generalization about the phenomenon based on those results.Imagine you have administered a test to100 boys and 100 girls.Your result may be that:The average scores were 67 marks for the boys and 89 marks for the girls out of 100 marks.Your finding would be that:The girls performed better
17、 on this test than the boys.21Two common failings are:1.skipping over the results to go directly to the findings 2.reporting only the results.Note that when you have both results and findings,it is usual to report the results first and then summarize the findings that are relevant to them,before you
18、 move on to the next set of results.22In qualitative and text based research,there are often no obvious result and your finding often consist of statements that emerge from or describe the data.Imagine you have interview 20 boys and 20 girls on their experience of taking a test.Your finding here may
19、 be that the boys report greater anxiety than the girls.In this kind of research,writers often report findings and then provide evidence for them from their data.23WRITINGABOUTDATAdiscussing result and findings Discussion is an important concept in postgraduate research and many theses have a sectio
20、n with this title.Discussion means stepping back from your results and findings and attempting to explain them in the context of:1.the results and finding in other studies2.the conditions in which the research took place.24CONCLUSIONS总结:对自己的研究工作的一个总结,可以提出后续的研究方向以及准备解决哪些问题。Summarize your researchSpel
21、l out your contributionState the limitations of your studySuggest potential areas of future research25CONCLUSION-PURPOSE OF THE CONCLUSIONFor more papers,the conclusion section should:Show how the research gap has been filledState to what extent the research has been successfully conductedIn doing s
22、o,youAnswer the“so what”?QuestionJustify the importance of your study and its contribution to the field.26CONCLUSION-MOVES OF THE CONCLUSIONTo achieve the above purposes,the conclusion usually contains five elements in the following order :271.Restatement of the studys purposeRecapitulate the main p
23、oints b stating again(i)the situation in the field before your study was carried out,i.e.the problems and gaps(ii)the studys purpose;and(iii)your research question28CONCLUSION-MOVES OF THE CONCLUSION2.summary of the major findingsPresent succinctly your answers to each of your research questionsStat
24、e your prove hypotheses,if any29CONCLUSION-MOVES OF THE CONCLUSIONCONCLUSION-MOVES OF THE CONCLUSION3.Significance and implications of your studyStress how your findings have improved the situation by addressing the gaps and dealing with the problems.Make it cleat to what extent you have filled the
25、gaps or alleviated the problems.Refer to previous research for comparison or support.Explain any unexpected outcomes and results which contradict previous finding.Articulate the contributions of your findings to your field.Discuss the applicability of your methodology and finding to other contexts,a
26、nd the generalisability of your results.Do not over exaggerate your achievements.304.Limitations of your studyBe critical of your studyState the weaknesses of all aspects of your study,e.g.methodology and generalisability.Acknowledge any mistakes made,and the problem and weaknesses that remain.Show
27、that you are a reflective researcher.It is better that you point our your limitations than have the examiners point them out for you.31CONCLUSION-MOVES OF THE CONCLUSION5.Recommendations for further researchState the need for further researchMake concrete and constructive suggestions about further l
28、ines of investigationProvide brief justifications 32CONCLUSION-MOVES OF THE CONCLUSION第二部分第二部分研究论文的常用语法、词汇和句型研究论文的常用语法、词汇和句型 33时态的用法The past simple must be used to refer to the processes or findings of a single completed study or a series of studies.Woods(2001)conducted a survey of 200 HK residents.
29、100 were males and 100 were female.Lee(1)analyzed and compared the DNA structure of.34时态的用法Both the past simple and the present simple can be used when referring to what was written in a paper rather than describing the process or findings of the research.Legg(2004)described the effect of drug addic
30、tion on the learning ability of adolescents.Smith and Jones(23)point out that Shakespeare was not an atheist,rather a religious man.35时态的用法The present simple is generally used to indicate a current debate.However,at the moment there is no agreement on this matter.Chan(2005)contends that Disneyland w
31、ill bring economic benefit to HK,while Lee(2005)believes that it will not.36时态的用法The present perfect is used to refer to a whole area of study.Studies into second language acquisition have tended to focus on adults and adolescents rather than children(24).A number of studies have demonstrated the ne
32、ed for more research into the area of economic growth on the Mainland(Leung 2003).37时态的用法The present perfect is used to show the currently accepted state of affairs when it is contrasted with what was previously accepted.Ngs(2004)study found that trainee nurses do not cope well with being confronted
33、 with death for the first time.However,Lee(2005),in a study of 50 HK trainee nurses,has found that a number do in fact cope well.38常用词表明观点的动词:SupportOpposeAmendComplicateQualify39常用词动词的选择:Smith statesSmith claimsSmith has demonstratedSmith observesSmith insistsSmith assumes40动词用法Verbs that reports o
34、thers views1.making a claimassert,argue,believe,claim,contend,emphasis,insist,maintain,state,suggest2.expressing agreementAcknowledge,agree with,confirm,endorse,reaffirm,support,verify3.expressing disagreement of doubeChallenge,deny,question,reject4.making recommendationsAdvocate,call for,encourage,
35、implore,recommend,suggest,urge41动词用法Verbs that report the methods others used:Analyze,survey,examine,explore,investigate,study,measure,attempt,try to determinebyVerbs that report others finding:Smith found,discover,observe,note,demonstrateSmiths finding show,indicate,establish42词组和动词Clamp down oncur
36、bGet rid of eradicateLook forseekSend in(e.g.a proposal)submitCome to(e.g.a conclusion)draw/reachAsk forrequest/solicitLook up(e.g.A web article)retrieveKeep an eye on(e.g.an activity)monitorHold back(e.g.A progress)hamperMeet with(e.g.difficulty)encounter43词组和动词Not take/not follow(e.g.an advice)dis
37、regardPut in actionimplementCome up with(e.g.an alternative)proposeMake something(e.g.anxiety)lighteralleviateTurn down(e.g.a possible idea)rejectSettle for(e.g.a research approach)adoptDeal with(e.g.a problem)handlePut forward(e.g.an issue)raiseArrive at(e.g.a consensus)reachSet up(e.g.the scope of
38、 research)establish44DESCRIBINGDATA数据的描述A basic task of research students is to describe their main data clearly and accurately.Note that the description of data collected is often written in the past tense and in a factual tone.45REFERRINGTOTABLESANDFIGURESWhen describing your findings,you should b
39、ear in mind that your reader can see the graph either on the same page or the following page(or in the appendix).Start your description by referring to the graph(which you can call Figure 4 or Table 2,etc).The following expressions are often used to refer to graphics:(i)It can be seen from Table X t
40、hat(ii)As is shown in Figure Y,(iii)As the findings in Figure W reveal/show/indicate(iv)The effects of on are shown in Figure 3.(v)According to Table Z,46REFERRINGTOTABLESANDFIGURESNote that the verbs in clauses(i)-(iv)are in the present tense.This means that sentences that refer to charts and descr
41、ibe the results therein can contain two tenses,for example:Table 2 shows that catalytic amidation(酰胺化)of unactivated sp3 C-H bonds was achieved.It is shown in Fig.3 that OVX altered the trabecular architecture in rat tibia.47连词The position of some connectivesIf you really wish to signal the addition
42、 of further information by using connectives such as furthermore,moreover and besides,you do not have to put them mechanically at the beginning of a sentence.You can put them in other sentential position.48连词AlternativesInstead of using one-or two-word connectives such as moreover and furthermore,yo
43、u may use longer but clearer alternatives,such as-another point is that-a further consideration is that -a further point is that49连词Look at the two sets of examples below.1a.Chinas industrial base is rapidly growing in strength.Her money markets are also attracting large amounts of investment capita
44、l.Furthermore,tourism is being promoted once more as a way of earning foreign currency.1b.Chinas industrial base is rapidly growing in strength.Her money markets are also attracting large amounts of investment capital.A further important point is that tourism is being promoted once more as a way of
45、earning foreign currency.50连词2a.There are a number of differences between the English language in America and that in Britain.One such difference is the vowel sound in words like fast,cant and dance.Furthermore,the treatment of the r after vowels is also different.2bThere are a number of differences
46、 between the English language in America and that in Britain.One such difference is the vowel sound in words like fast,cant and dance.A second divergence is in the treatment of the r after vowels.51连词The use of in additionIn addition can be used when adding another fact to what has already been ment
47、ioned,a fact being something more objective rather than some idea or concept which is quite abstract or subjective.It is often used within a sentence rather than between sentences.For example:This room has powerpoint facilities and in addition there is internet connection.If you use“in addition”in b
48、etween sentences,you should try to refer back to the previous sentence.The university offers over fifty courses to all undergraduate students.In addition to catering to undergraduate students,the university also runs three English courses for postgraduate research students.52In/By contrast are used
49、to express a situation that is very different from on just presented.e.g.Students from local cities study perhaps ten hours a week.In contrast,immigrant students work extremely hard,averaging twenty to thirty hours of study a week.53连词连词In/By contrast indicates how different one thing or person is f
50、rom another thing or person mentioned earlier.(as an adv)By/In contrast,the use of public transport has been increased.(as an adj)This is in contrast to the decrease in use of private cars.54On the contraryMany students think that“in/by contrast”and“on the contrary”are the same,but they are not.On t