英文學術論文Introduction部分的寫作方法專家講座

TheIntroductionChapterWeek10ContentandstructureofintroductionMove1EstablisharesearchterritoryNote:sub-moves2)and3)canoccursimultaneouslyorseparatelySub-moves（steps）1）Providebackgroundinformationaboutthearea2）Introduceaspectsofpreviousresearch3）Definetermsandconstructs4）Explainthatthistopicisimportant,orcentralMove2EstablishanicheNote:thismoveisverybrief,muchshorterthantheothertwomoves,andisusuallyputattheendofthebackground,notaseparateparagraphSub-moves1)Indicateagap2)Identifyaproblem3)ExtendpreviousknowledgeMoves3OccupythenicheNote:1)theword“outline”meansthatthecontentinthatsub-moveisverybrief,nodetails2)RQsarenotnecessarysometimesSub-moves1)Outlineaim,purpose2)SpecifyRQs3)Outlinethetheoreticalperspectives4)Describemethodology&design5)Indicatescope/delimitation6)explaincontributionandvalue7)OutlinechapterorganizationofthethesisButintheintroductionchapterofthedissertation,weusuallyusethefollowingsubtitles,altogetherthree,namely:1)Backgroundofthestudy(corresponding

withMoves1and2)2)Aimandsignificanceofthestudy(correspondingwithMove3.1---3.6)3)Organizationofthedissertation(correspondingwithMove3.7)簡而言之，引言旳大致內容涉及如下：該研究屬于什么領域，簡要回憶該領域旳文件，指出缺陷，交代寫作目旳，意義，文章構造等等。在詳細寫作引言時，從何處下筆是很頭痛旳事情，方法是首先找到與你旳主題詞關系很緊密旳一種名詞短語，作為第一句旳主語（即在抽象梯上旳上位概念）。這篇引言給了一種很好旳例子，先簡介大旳背景（寫作教學），逐漸聚焦（過程教學法），從籠統(tǒng)概念過渡到詳細概念（反饋、反饋在過程教學中旳作用、同伴反饋、教師反饋）。像個漏斗。不拖泥帶水，也沒有分散注意力，籠統(tǒng)概念（即寫作教學、過程教學法）都是一筆帶過。Sotheintroductionislikeafunnel,youbeginwithsomethingrathergeneralandabstract,andgraduallynarrowdowntothemoreandmorespecificconcepts.Componentsofintroduction1.Background2.Constructs(concepts)3.Literaturereview4.Gap5.Aim(RQs)6.Theoreticalperspectives7.Methodology8.Scope/delimita