Chapter 1 General Introduction to Academic Research Writing 1.1 Academic Research 1.2 Writing Academic Research Papers 1.3 Basic Structure of Academic Research Papers 1.4 Criteria and Features of a Good Research Paper 1.5 Research Sources and Documentation System 1.6 End-of-Chapter Reflection and Practice Chapter 2 The Writing Process of Academic Research Papers 2.1 Develop an Interesting Research Topic 2.2 Keep Research Logs 2.3 Identify an Audience 2.4 Develop Research Questions 2.5 Have a Theory 2.6 Write an Outline 2.7 Analyze Data 2.8 Write the First Draft 2.9 Review and Revise 2.10 End-of-Chapter Reflection and Practice Chapter 3 Writing the Abstracts 3.1 Purpose of Writing Abstracts 3.2 Structure of an Abstract 3.3 Length of Abstracts 3.4 Composing Abstracts 3.5 Syntactic Features of Abstracts 3.6 Common Problems and Checklist in Writing Abstracts 3.7 Abstract Examples 3.8 End-of-Chapter Reflection and Practice Chapter 4 Writing the Introduction 4.1 General Function and Format 4.2 Basic Structures 4.3 How to Introduce Your Thesis 4.4 Introduction Checklist 4.5 Application : Introduction Examples 4.6 End-of-Chapter Reflection and Practice Chapter 5 Writing the Literature Review' 5.1 Functions of a Literature Review 5 2 General Content of a Literature Review 5 3 Approaches in Writing a Literature Review 5 4 Strategies for Writing a Literature Review 5 5 Guidelines on the Language of Literature Review 5 6 Common Problems with Writing Literature Review 5 7 Literature Review Example 5 8 End-of-Chapter Reflection and Practice
Chapter 6 Writing the Method 6.1 Functions of the Method 6.2 Major Components of the Method 6.3 Strategies for Writing the Method 6.4 Method Writing Checklist 6.5 Sample Text for the Method 6.6 End-of-Chapter Reflection and Practice Chapter 7 Writing the Results 7.1 Functions of the Results 7.2 How to Describe the Results 7.3 Some Typical Expressions for Writing the Results 7.4 Traps to Avoid 7.5 Checklist for Writing the Results 7.6 Examples of the Results 7.7 End-of-Chapter Reflection and Practice Chapter 8 Writing the Discussion 8.1 Functions of the Discussion 8.2 Basic Structures of the Discussion 8.3 How to Write the Discussion 8.4 Discussion Section Checklist 8.5 Traps to Avoid 8.6 Sample Text for the Discussion Section 8.7 End-of-Chapter Reflection and Practice Chapter 9 Writing the Conclusion 9.1 Functions of the Conclusion 9.2 Structures of the Conclusion 9.3 Common Problems with Writing the Conclusion 9.4 Strategies for Writing a Good Conclusion 9.5 Examples of Conclusions in Journal Article 9.6 End-of-Chapter Reflection and Practice Chapter 10 Documentations and Citations 10.1 Functions of Documentations and Citations 10.2 Sources to Be Documented 10.3 Three Ways to Use Sources 10.4 Three Styles of Documentations and Citations 10.5 End-of-Chapter Reflection and Practice Chapter 11 Presentation of Academic Papers 11.1 Academic Presentation : Misconceptions 11.2 Academic Presentation: Definition and Benefits 11.3 Types of Academic Presentations 11.4 Presentation Arrangements 11.5 Presentation Preparations : Seven Steps 11.6 The Presentation in Action 11.7 End-of-Chapter Reflection and Practice Chapter 12 Writing for Publishing in Academic Journals 12.1 General Guidelines on Submitting Papers for Publication 12.2 Writing for the Right Journal 12.3 Submitting Cover/Query Letters 12.4 Tips on Tiding 12.5 Revising Dissertations for Journal Articles 12:6 End-of-Chapter Reflection and Practice References