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PRESENTING A RESEARCH PAPER WRITING A CRITICAL REVIEW

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A VARIETY OF SKILLS EMPLOYED R_S_A_ _H_ _ G THE DATA BASES SE_ _ C_ _ _ _ THE PAPER R_ _ D_ _ _ THE PAPER ID_ _ T_ F_ _ _ _ THE MAIN POINTS SU_ M _R_ _ _ _G EV _L_ _ T_ _ _ P_ _ S _ _ T _ _ G / S_E_K_ _ _ _ L_ _ _EN_ _ _ W _ _ _IN_

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A VARIETY OF SKILLS EMPLOYED RESEARCHING THE DATA BASES SELECTING THE PAPER READING THE PAPER IDENTIFYING THE MAIN POINTS SUMMARISING EVALUATING PRESENTING / SPEAKING LISTENING WRITING

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PRESENTING identify important ideas (2-3) top-down logic: generalize give details- summarize make an outline Introduction Problem Conclusions FOR ADDITIONAL INPUT PLEASE REFER TO BUSINESS ENGLISH READER 1 (ALL EDITIONS) The Rule of Three Tell them what you are going to say. Say it. Summarize what you said.

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PRESENTATIONS INTRODUCTION What is the title of the research paper? Who is/are the author/s? Where was it published? Which problem is analyzed? Why have you selected this paper? What can the audience learn? How will you proceed with your presentation from this point forward?

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BODY What is the goal of this study? What problem is addressed? What are the main assumptions/hypotheses? What is the current state of the art? How does the paper support its claims? Which methods are used? How does this work relate to other research? What are the key underlying theoretical ideas?

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CONCLUSION Repat the most important ideas and discuss the impact of this paper. Raise discussion points USEFUL PHRASES http://englishforuniversity.com/wp- content/uploads/2008/09/Presentation%20phr asebook.pdf Handout

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WRITING A CRITICAL REVIEW 1-2 pages (space: 1.5 lines)

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PURPOSE to summarize and evaluate a research paper CRITICAL (does not mean negative) to question the information and ideas in order to evaluate to understand from different perspectives IMPORTANT to read related texts to relate the text to theory, to approaches to understand the interrelations between main components of the text

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STRUCTURE AUTHOR, YEAR, TITLE, PUBLISHER, PLACE INTRODUCTION BODY CONCLUSION SUMMARY CRITIQUE

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INTRODUCTION one paragraph relate the text to its broader context give a general overview/ announce the authors main argument

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BODY SUMMARY -describe the authors intention -describe the main question/topic -describe the structure of the paper -describe the arguments/evidence -conclusions -further questions raised but unresolved in the text

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BODY CRITIQUE/EVALUATION discuss strengths and weaknesses discuss features of the text use criteria for evaluation: significance/contribution methodology/approach argument/evidence writing style/text structure include other sources (reference)

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CONCLUSION restate your overall opinion of the text briefly present recommendations PLAGIARIZED REVIEWS WILL NOT BE GRADED.

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Required for Presentations, Paragraphing, Academic & Business Writing Linking words and phrases have numerous functions. We use them to express logical relationships between sentences, clauses and/or paragraphs. Additional information: and, furthermore, moreover, in addition to, next, then, besides Reason: because, because of, due to, owing to, as, since, therefore, thats why Contrast: on the other hand, on the contrary, in contrast, although, yet, but, while, whereas Concession: (even) though, anyway, however, nevertheless, in any case, in spite of that, despite Purpose: in order to, so that Result/Consequence: consequently, as a result, therefore, so, thus Giving example: for example, for instance next slide: web sites with exercises LINKING WORDS AND PHRASES / CONNECTORS

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Practice: linking words For more information on the way to use connectors / linking words you can use grammar books or material you can find on the internet. Below I'm including some interesting and fun links. I'm sure you can find many more. http://www.polseguera.org/advanced_english_grammar/ connectors.php#go8 http://www.myenglishteacher.net/connectorsandotheradd infowords.html http://www.grammar-quizzes.com/connectsum.html http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame. asp?id=1792 http://perso.wanadoo.es/autoenglish/gr.connect.i.htm