Unit 1 An Overview of Academic Writing（第1页）

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