研究生学术写作实用教程

Unit 1 Considerations in Academic Writing

1.1 Overview of Academic Writing

1.2 The Nature of Writing

1.3 The Nature of Academic Writing

1.4 The Rationale of Academic Writing

1.5 Approaches to Reading Critically

1.6 Important Characteristics of Academic Writing

1.7 Guidelines for Academic Writing

Unit 2 Selecting a Topic and Writing a Research Proposni

2.1 Guidelines for Selecting a Topic

2.2 Finding a Literary Topic and Framing a Thesis Statement

2.3 Writing a Research Proposal

2.4 A Sample Research Proposal

Unit 3 The Literature Review

3. 1 The Nature and Role of a Literature Review

3.2 Definition of a Literature Review

3.3 Organization of a Literature Review

3.4 The Format of a Literature Review

3.5 The Process of Writing a Literature Review

3.6 Suggestions for Writing a Literature Review

3.7 FAQs on Writing a Literature Review

3.8 A Sample Literature Review——Literature Review of the Research on Complimenting

Unit 4 Research Design

4. 1 Qualitative Research

4. 2 Procedures for Conducting Qualitative Researeh

4.3 The Uses of Qualitative Research

4.4 Fxperircental Research

Unit 5 Documenting Sources The MLA Style

5.1 Why Document Your Source?

5.2 Avoiding Plagiarism

5.3 MLA： In-Text Citations and Works Cited

5.4 A Sample Research Paper in MLA Style

Unit 6 Constructing an MA Thesis

6.1 The Structure of an MA Thesis

6.2 Writing Skills for Some Key Parts

6.3 Writing the First Draft

6.4 Revising and Editing

6.5 Strategies for the Beginning Thesis Writer

Works Cited

Appendix A： Sample Thesis Title Page

Appendix B： Foreign Words and Phrases with Popular Abbreviations

Appendix C： The Most Common MLA Scholarly Abbreviations

Appendix D： Resources for Writing a Literature Review

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