本书力图克服现有英语写作教材的不足，融理论与实践于一体，提供一套可供课堂操作的学术英语写作教材。从语言形式层面出发，系统分析了英语本族语学术语篇的语言特征，以不同类型的任务为练习形式，强化了对学术论文中的语言特色的认知和操练，使学习者从实际操作中理解和掌握学术语篇的语言特征、知识和技巧，从认知和技巧层面全面提高英语学术论文写作能力。

本书从语言形式层面出发，系统分析了英语本族语学术语篇的语言特征，以不同类型的任务为练习形式，强化了对学术论文中的语言特色的认知和操练，使学习者从实际操作中理解和掌握学术语篇的语言特征、知识和技巧，从认知和技巧层面全面提高英语学术论文写作能力。

本教材既可作为学术论文写作的教学用书，也可作为英语专业高年级选修课或青年教师学术培训的选用教材。

Unit 1 Features of Academic Writing

 1.1 Complexity

 1.2 Formality

 1.3 Objectivity

 1.4 Explicitness

 1.5 Hedging

Unit 2 Critical Reading and Writing

 2.1 Reading Critically

 2.2 Reading like a Writer

 2.3 Writing like a Reader

 2.4 Suggestions on Reading Critically

 Language Focus (1):Taking a Stance

 Language Focus (2):Nominalization

Unit 3 The Front Matter of a Research Paper

 3.1 Overview of the Research Paper

 3.2 Acknowledgements

 Language Focus (3): Patterns of Gratitude Expressions

 3.3 Titles

 3.4 Abstracts

 Language Focus (4): Linguistic Features of Abstracts

Unit 4 The Body of a Research Paper (1)

 4.1 Introduction Sections

 4.2 Claiming Centrality

 4.3 Creating a Research Space

 4.4 Occupying the Research Space

 4.5 Reviewing the Literature

 Language Focus (5): Citation and Attribution

 Language Focus (6): Reporting Verbs

Unit 5 The Body of a Research Paper (2)

 5.1 Methods Sections

 Language Focus (7): Imperatives in Research Papers

 5.2 Results Sections

 Language Focus (8): Epistemic Stance Markers

 5.3 Discussion Sections

 Language Focus (9): Sentence Adverbs

 5.4 Conclusion Sections

Unit 6 Writing Data Commentaries

 6.1 Strength of Claim

 6.2 Structure of Data Commentaries

 Language Focus (10): Attitudinal and Style Stance Markers

 6.3 Moderating a Claim

 6.4 Concluding a Commentary

 6.5 Dealing with Diagrams and Illustrations

Unit 7 Writing Summaries

 7.1 Pointers for Summary Writing

 7.2 Avoiding Plagiarism

 Language Focus (11): Passive Voice

 Language Focus (12): Conditional Tenses

Unit 8 Critiques, Reviews and Reactions

 8.1 Writing Critiques

 Language Focus (13): Scare Quotes

 8.2 Reviews

 Language Focus (14): Shell Nouns

 8.3 Reaction papers

 Language Focus (15): Metadiscourse Devices

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