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1、UnitFourHowtoWriteLiteratureReviewHowtoWriteLiteratureReviewWhatisareviewoftheliterature?StagesofwritingliteraturereviewSkillsofwritingliteraturereviewTasksaliteraturereviewmustdoElementscomprisedinliteraturereviewWhatisareviewoftheliterature?Aliteraturereviewisanaccountofwhathasbeenpublished
2、onatopicbyscholarsandresearchers.Whatisareviewoftheliterature?Inwritingtheliteraturereview,yourpurposeistodemostrateaclearunderstandingofthetopicbeinginvestigated,namely:whathasbeendoneonthetopic?whatdifferentscholarshavesaidabouttheirownresearch?whatmajorfindinghavebeenpublished?whatcontrove
3、rsialareaexist?文献综述概念(也叫文献阅读报告)文献综述的概念(“review”,“summary”,“survey”,“…past,present,andfuture”,etc.)意义和目的是总结和综合该方向前人已经做了的工作,了解当前的研究水平,分析存在问题,指出可能的研究问题和发展方向等。文献综述是对某一学科、专业或专题的大量文献进行整理筛选、分析研究和综合后提炼而成的一种学术论文,是高度浓缩的文献产品。其特点是“综”和“述”-“综”要求对文献资料进行综合分析、归纳整理,使材料更精练明确、更有逻辑层次;“述”则要求对综合整理后的文献进行比较全面的、深入的、系统
4、的、客观的论述。AskyourselfquestionsbeforewritingaliteraturereviewWhatisthespecificthesis,problem,orresearchquestionthatmyliteraturereviewhelpstodefine?2.WhattypeofliteraturereviewamIconducting?AmIlookingatissuesoftheory?methodology?policy?quantitativeresearch(e.g.ontheeffectivenessofanewprocedure)?q
5、ualitativeresearch(e.g.,studies)?AskyourselfquestionsbeforewritingaliteraturereviewWhatisthescopeofmyliteraturereview?WhattypesofpublicationsamIusing(e.g.,journals,books,governmentdocuments,popularmedia)?WhatdisciplineamIworkingin(e.g.,nursingpsychology,sociology,medicine)?Askyourselfquestion
6、sbeforewritingaliteraturereview4.Howgoodwasmyinformationseeking?HasmysearchbeenwideenoughtoensureI'vefoundalltherelevantmaterial?Hasitbeennarrowenoughtoexcludeirrelevantmaterial?IsthenumberofsourcesI'veusedappropriateforthelengthofmypaper?5.HaveIcriticallyanalysedtheliteratureIuse?DoIfollowth
7、roughasetofconceptsandquestions,comparingitemstoeachotherinthewaystheydealwiththem?Insteadofjustlistingandsummarizingitems,doIassessthem,discussingstrengthsandweaknesses?Askyourselfquestionsbeforewritingaliteraturereview6.HaveIcitedanddiscuss