刘金明主编的《研究生学术写作实用教程》分为六个单元。第一单元主要介绍学术写作的本质、批评性阅读的方法以及学术写作中必须考虑的“受众、目的、结构、文体、语言、表达”等重要因素；第二单元主要介绍研究论文选题与开题或研究报告撰写的技巧与策略；第三单元主要介绍文献综述的类型与特征以及文献综述的写作技巧；第四单元主要介绍质化研究和量化研究等研究方法以及如何进行质化与量化研究；第五单元主要介绍避免剽窃抄袭的策略以及研究论文的夹注与参考文献开列的MLA格式与规范；第六单元主要介绍外国语言文学研究生学位论文的基本结构与具体格式，致谢、摘要、引言、结论等部分的写作方法与写作技巧，以及修改与编加论文初稿的基本方法。

本书的特点是宏观与微观互补，理论与应用结合，深入浅出，指导性强。全书用英文编写，主要供外国语言文学研究生使用，也可供其他学科研究生使用。

刘金明主编的《研究生学术写作实用教程》介绍了研究生学术写作的基本结构与具体格式等方面的写作方法。其特点是宏观微观互补，理论应用结合，深入浅出，指导性强。《研究生学术写作实用教程》全英文编写，主要供外国语言文学研究生使用，也可供其他学科研究生使用。

Unit 1 Considerations in Academic Writing

 1.1 Overview of Academic Writing

 1.2 The Nature of Writing

 1.3 The Nature of Academic Writing

 1.4 The Rationale of Academic Writing

 1.5 Approaches to Reading Critically

 1.6 Important Characteristics of Academic Writing

 1.7 Guidelines for Academic Writing

Unit 2 Selecting a Topic and Writing a Research Proposni

 2.1 Guidelines for Selecting a Topic

 2.2 Finding a Literary Topic and Framing a Thesis Statement

 2.3 Writing a Research Proposal

 2.4 A Sample Research Proposal

Unit 3 The Literature Review

 3. 1 The Nature and Role of a Literature Review

 3.2 Definition of a Literature Review

 3.3 Organization of a Literature Review

 3.4 The Format of a Literature Review

 3.5 The Process of Writing a Literature Review

 3.6 Suggestions for Writing a Literature Review

 3.7 FAQs on Writing a Literature Review

 3.8 A Sample Literature Review--Literature Review of the Research on Complimenting

Unit 4 Research Design

 4. 1 Qualitative Research

 4. 2 Procedures for Conducting Qualitative Researeh

 4.3 The Uses of Qualitative Research

 4.4 Fxperircental Research

Unit 5 Documenting Sources The MLA Style

 5.1 Why Document Your Source?

 5.2 Avoiding Plagiarism

 5.3 MLA: In-Text Citations and Works Cited

 5.4 A Sample Research Paper in MLA Style

Unit 6 Constructing an MA Thesis

 6.1 The Structure of an MA Thesis

 6.2 Writing Skills for Some Key Parts

 6.3 Writing the First Draft

 6.4 Revising and Editing

 6.5 Strategies for the Beginning Thesis Writer

Works Cited

 Appendix A: Sample Thesis Title Page

 Appendix B: Foreign Words and Phrases with Popular Abbreviations

 Appendix C: The Most Common MLA Scholarly Abbreviations

 Appendix D: Resources for Writing a Literature Review