Choosing a topic and preparing a working bibiliography.ppt

1、1,Choosing a Topic and Preparing a Working Bibliography,2,What are the basic steps in writing a research paper?,(Slade 1997: 2.5-8),3,Phases in developing research questions,. Identifying a general research topic,Narrowing down the research topic,Forming questions: General specific,Reviewing the lit

2、erature and discussing with other people,Wen 2004:45,4,Personal interest,Personal experience (observation),Read others research (recommendation for further research),Sources of research topics,Literature review Longman 2. screen through the reference list at the end of the paper (weed out the irrele

3、vant and keep the relevant); 3. read the abstracts of the relevant papers; 4. repeat the procedure.,Cite an example from our library.,24,Assignments,(Slade 1997: 1-14),25,1-3 Classify the questions in the following group given to show the logical relationship between general and specific questions.,

4、A study of error correction in university EFL classrooms 1) How do intensive reading teachers correct their students errors? 2) Is there any difference between English-major teachers and non-English-major teachers in error-correction? 3) What are the students attitudes towards error correction? 4) I

5、s there any difference between English majors and non-English majors in their attitudes and preferences? 5) As far as error treatment is concerned, to what extent can the teachers behavior match the students expectation (Hu, 1999)? 文秋芳 2004: 60,26,References,Slade, C. 1997. Form and Style: Research Papers, Reports and Theses. Chapter 1 Writing research papers. Choosing a topic pp. 2-5, Preparing a working bibliography, 5-14. Seliger, H. and Shohamy, E. 1989. Second Language Research Methods. Chapter 3 The preparatory stages of research, pp43-64. Wen, Qiufang, 2