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Overview - Structure Academic Articles are part of the genres that teachers can write if they want to do research, if they want to study from "authentic material".  Not only do FORMAL (academic) ARTICLES share these features, but also they are headed by ABSTRACTS . An abstract is an independent text that comprises the most important concepts of the paper, the purpose of the research, the state of the art, what is missing, and the results of the investigation. When writing an abstract: AVOID all kind of "supporting material": Long background information, paraphrased sentences, too many adverbs or adjectives, quotes, references from other sources, overgeneralizations e.g. "studies have indicate that..." figures, statistics, tables, etc. There are four types of abstracts: Critical Abstract. Descriptive Abstract. Informative Abstract. Highlight Abstract. Each sentence in an abstract fulfils a specific purpose. These are called "MOVES" the ov...

  Paste the original text in your portfolio. Use a LINK (do NOT paste the URL), Solve the excercises, Choose a representative number of excercises, of each section, and paste them onto your portfolio. YOUR entry will be the "summary" of the whole text. So be careful: choose useful and representative samples. choose ANY web 2.0 tool to upload your "summary". acknowledge source.   Click on  HERE  to have access to a text about articles Excersices from the text: WRITING TITLES  A. Match the topics (1-10) below with the titles (A-K) on the next page. There is one extra title that you do not need.  1. A healthy diet. _____ f. An Apple A Day Keeps The Doctor Away 2. School Exams. _____ h. A Testing Time  3. Eating out inexpensively. _____ k. Cheap and Cheerful Grub 4. The Internet. _____ b. Do You Need To Be Connected?  5. A famous person. _____ The Man Behind The Prime Minister   6. Genetic Engineering. _____ j. Would You Like To Be Cloned?...

VIDEO 1: THE IMPORTANCE OF HEDGING Publishing a research should be thought of as making a contribution to the ongoing dialogue in your field or discipline. The focus of all research is problem-solving and collaboration and teamwork often expedite this process. The most useful contributions are made in such a way where the primary writer or researchers will receive credit for his or her unique and original contribution but will also leave room for others to add to the dialogue to build off points made earlier to refine them and reinterpret them. One way to achieve this is through the effective use of HEDGING. Definition of hedging Lakoff defined it as words whose job it is to make things more or less fuzzy. Words that can make statement less clear or absolute Hyland wrote that Hedging is the expression of tentativeness and possibility in language use. It represents an absence of certainty and is used to describe an linguistic item or strategy employed to indicate either a lack of commit...