| Contents | 3
|
| Acknowledgments | 6
|
|
|
| Foreword | 15
|
|
|
| Abbreviations and symbols used in the book | 16
|
|
|
| Part 1. Writing the Introduction Section | 17
|
| Unit 1. Showing topic importance | 22
|
| Unit 2. Providing and clarifying definitions | 24
|
| Unit 3. Introducing previous research | 26
|
| Unit 4. Making connections to previous research | 28
|
| Unit 5. Reporting ideas and beliefs | 30
|
| Unit 6. Reporting scholarly actions and results in previous research | 32
|
| Unit 7. Discussing the limitations of previous research | 34
|
| Unit 8. Indicating the research gap | 36
|
| Unit 9. Stating the need for the present study | 38
|
| Unit 10. Stating the study’s purpose | 40
|
| Unit 11. Presenting the study’s hypothesis | 42
|
| Unit 12. Justifying the study’s significance | 44
|
| Follow-up activities | 46
|
|
|
| Part 2. Writing the Methods Section | 50
|
| Unit 13. Presenting the research design, methods, and procedures | 56
|
| Unit 14. Providing a justification for the chosen methods | 58
|
| Unit 15. Describing data collection through questionnaires and surveys | 60
|
| Unit 16. Describing participants and recruitment procedures | 62
|
| Unit 17. Describing data preparation | 64
|
| Unit 18. Describing qualitative data analysis | 66
|
| Unit 19. Describing themes and subthemes | 68
|
| Unit 20. Describing quantitative data analysis | 70
|
| Follow-up activities | 72
|
|
|
| Part 3. Writing the Results Section | 74
|
| Unit 21. Reporting the study’s results | 80
|
| Unit 22. Referring the reader to visual or textual data | 82
|
| Unit 23. Reporting results from interviews, questionnaires, and surveys | 84
|
| Follow-up activities | 86
|
| Part 4. Writing the Discussion Section | 88
|
| Unit 24. Interpreting the present study’s results | 92
|
| Unit 25. Showing agreement or disagreement with previous results, ideas or beliefs | 94
|
| Unit 26. Providing explanations for results | 96
|
| Unit 27. Expressing own reaction to results | 98
|
| Unit 28. Acknowledging the study’s limitations | 100
|
| Unit 29. Providing recommendations for action | 102
|
| Unit 30. Providing directions and recommendations for future research | 104
|
| Follow-up activities | 106
|
|
|
| References | 109
|
|
|
| Answer key | 110
|
|
|
| Contents | 3
|
Дугарцыренова Вера Аркадьевна Кандидат педагогических наук, доцент Департамента иностранных языков Национального исследовательского университета «Высшая школа экономики», автор свыше 40 отечественных и зарубежных научных публикаций по вопросам, связанным с информатизацией языкового образования, обучением академическому письму на английском языке и межкультурной коммуникации.
