2020-05-08

雅思听力原文分享

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How to write a research report

Good afternoon, everyone. Today we’ll talk about the most important assignment you’ll do in this class, which is write a research paper. I’ll start by going over the process step by step. So you know exactly what I expect of you. All right, let’s begin at the beginning. The first step is to choose a topic. I have a list of suggested topics related to the content of this class, and I’d like you to look over it to find a topic that interests you. Then, since they are somewhat general, i’d like you to narrow your topic choice down to something more specific. You need to get my final approval on your topic before you begin your research. The next thing you do is gather Information on your topic. There are two major places to go for that. At the library. You have reference books and other types of books available as well as journals, magazines, and newspapers. Don’t forget to look at atlases and other similar sources too. They contain a lot of useful Information. Then of course there is the internet where you find online journals and newspapers as well as online encyclopedias and much more. After you have gathered some Information and have the chance to start thinking about your topic. The next step is to write a thesis statement. This is a critical part of the process because the bulk of the paper will be about using your information to defend your thesis statement. I will be happy to help you with this, and, actually with any other part of your writing process, if you need it now, then let’s say you have your thesis statement and you have your Information. How do you get started writing? It can seem overwhelming with all your ideas and notes floating around. Writing an outline will help you to start getting focused. Make sure your outline includes three important things. First, your introduction will you state your thesis, then the body, which is the bulk of the paper, and where you make the arguments to support your thesis. And finally, the conclusion. Here, you restate your thesis and summarize your arguments. So now that you have your outline, you can start organizing your notes, organize them according to the outline. As you go along, you’ll start seeing what Information is important to emphasize what Information you may actually not want to include, what you need to find out more about etc. So organizing your notes helps you understand your Information better and start to analyze it. The next step is to write your first draft. If you have developed a good outline and organize your notes. well, then this should not be too difficult. Following your outline, present your Information and analysis of it. Then, of course, the next thing to do is revise your draft, read it over carefully checking to make sure that you have explained your ideas clearly and presented your Information correctly. You may want to reorganize some of your Information at this point, too. Finally, you’ll type your final draft on the computer. Make sure that you check it for punctuation and spelling errors before you hand it in. OK, that’s a general outline of how to go about writing a research paper. Now let’s talk about the proper format for footnotes and bibliographic entries.

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