Understanding the structural features of an ABSTRACT

Source: Adapted from
- John Bitchener (2010). Writing an applied linguistics thesis or dissertation: A guide to presenting empirical research. London, Great Britain: Palgrave Macmillan
-Terri Morley-Warner (2010). Academic writing is….A guide to writing in a university context. Australia-University of Technology Sydney

For more understanding about the abstract

Source:-Adapted from Sumin Zhao (Spring 2015). Workshop week 1. Subject Theory and Practice of Literacy

Structural Features of an abstract 1-Setting up the context 2-Describing the content 3-Summarising the main findings 4-Presenting the main arguments 5-Recommendations for future research

An example is illustrated as below:

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Learning and understanding about the Introduction and Conclusion of Writing

Learning and understanding about the Introduction and Conclusion of Report Writing

Source: Adapted from John Bitchener (2010). Writing an applied linguistics thesis or dissertation: A guide to presenting empirical research. London, Great Britain: Palgrave Macmillan.

Useful Links: Understanding report writing

 Introduction     Body    Conclusion

Word choice     

Thinking about writing – Persuasive Appeals

Link to the Visual Thesaurus site

 Learning English with Visual Thesaurus

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