Research and Suggestions on Academic Abstracts Writing for English Major Graduate Students

Maoyan Cao

《International Journal of Social Science and Education Research》 6卷6期 (2023/06) Pp. 18-23

https://doi.org/10.6918/IJOSSER.202306_6(6).0003

摘要

Abstracts are a key component of academic writing and a window to potential readers. Standard abstracts of English academic papers can not only give readers a clear introduction to the academic papers but also the key to entering the domestic and international retrieval system. While in the process of academic papers writing, not all students completely comprehend the content of abstracts and can produce a well academic paper abstract, as a result, most schools will provide academic writing courses for students. In order to help English graduate students to have a better experience in academic writing courses, this paper tries to investigate the problems that students face by interviewing. By analyzing the conversation of interviews, three problems are found. That are fear of difficulty, lack of knowledge, and generalization techniques. Based on the findings, some pedagogical suggestions are proposed.

關鍵字

Academic writing ； Abstracts ； English graduates ； Problems

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