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Part Ⅰ Preparing to Write
Unit 1 Overview of Research Paper Writing
1.1 Major genres in research papers
1.2 The structure of research papers
1.3 Stylistic features of research papers
Unit 2 Academic Honesty
2.1 Common forms of plagiarism
2.2 Avoiding plagiarism
2.3 Different citation systems
Part Ⅱ Major Genres in Research Paper Writing
Unit 3 Report Genres
3.1 Descriptive reports
3.2 Classifying reports
3.3 Compositional reports
Language Focus:Cohesion
Unit 4 Explanation Genres
4.1 Sequential explanations
4.2 Factorial explanations
4.3 Consequential explanations
4.4 Conditional explanations
Language Focus:Writing Definitions
Unit 5 Procedural Genres
5.1 Procedures
5.2 Procedural recounts
5.3 Protocols
Language Focus:Clusters in Research Paper Writing
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