Unit1AnOverviewofAcademig
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—William
Inthisunityouwill:
·befamiliarwiththeontypesofacademig
·graspthediffereweeingaypes
&thestructureofanacademicessayorreport
·kagesanacademicessayorreport
Pre-classwork
1。Workwithyourpartneranddiscussthefollowingtopics。
(1)yougiveanyexamplesofacademigthatstudeuy?
(2)Haveyoueverwrittenaicles?Ifyes,pleasedescribeyprocess。
(3)Whatisacademiglike?Howisitdifferentfromothertypes?
2。Takethefollowingquiztoseehowmuowaboutacademig。
(1)Thebesttimetowriteanintroduisoften______。
A。firstB。lastC。afterwritingthemainbody
(2)Aionlookslike________。
A。(Ellis,2002)B。(RodEllis,2002)C。(Ellis,R。2002)
(3)Prmeans_________。
&ingB。gforminorerrorsC。peer-editing
(4)Phrasalverbssuchas“leftout”or“pickedup”areableiing。Thisstatementis_______。
A。TrueB。False
(5)Whiceisbetteraglish?
A。IthasbeenshownthatgirlsattainhighergradesthanboysinGeographyandHistory。
B。Jones(2003)andSmith(2004)haveshownthatgirlsattainhighergradesthanboysinGeographyandHistory。
(6)Themaiweeingandnisthatacademig_______。
A。useslongandplicatedwordsB。triestobepredunbiased
C。alwaysusesthepassivevoice
(7)_______isanatthatgivesdetailedinformationabrandtheirdevelopmentoveraperiodoftime。
A。ProjectB。CasestudyC。Experimentalresearch