研究生学术英语写作教程Unit-4-Describing-Methodology.doc

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Unit4DescribingMethodology
Objectives
─Beclearaboutthesignificanceofthissection
─Trytounderstandtheimportanceofpas
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Unit4DescribingMethodology
Objectives
─Beclearaboutthesignificanceofthissection
─Trytounderstandtheimportanceofpassivevoiceinacademicwriting
─Learntobeskilledinusingsequentialmarkersinwritingaprocess
─Befamiliarwithproof-readingskills
─Learntodesignaquestionnaire
Contents
─Briefintroductiontothissection
─Reading&Discussion:Whatinformationelementsareusuallyinvolvedinwritingamethodologysection?
─LanguageFocus:Passivevoiceandsequentialmarkers
─WritingPractice:Understandingthesentencepatternsandsentenceorderinwritingaprocess
─WritingProject:Howtodesignaquestionnaire
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ReadingActivity
:TheoreticalFrameworkandMethods.
Researchmethodologyismainlyconcernedwiththeanswerstothefollowingquestions:
1)Whyisaparticularresearchstudyundertaken?
2)Howhasoneformulatedaresearchproblem?
3)Whattypesofdatahavebeencollected?
4)Whatparticularmethodshavebeenused?
5)Whyisaparticulartechniqueofanalysisofdataused?
Pre-readingTask
:
1)Whatisthefunctionofthemethodsection?
2)Whatinformationelementsdoesamethodsectioninclude?
3)Whatverbtensesaremainlyusedinthetext?Whatistheproportionofactivevoiceverbstopassivevoiceverbsinthismethodsection?

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