Science Research Writing For Non-native Speakers Of English

by Hilary Glasman-deal

Overview

This book is designed to enable non-native English speakers to write science research for publication in English. It can also be used by English speakers and is a practical, user-friendly book intended as a fast, do-it-yourself guide for those whose English language proficiency is above intermediate. The approach is based on material developed from teaching graduate students at Imperial College London and has been extensively piloted. The book guides the reader through the process of writing science research and will also help with writing a Master's or Doctoral thesis in English.Science writing is much easier than it looks because the structure and language are conventional. The aim of this book is to help the reader discover a template or model for science research writing and then to provide the grammar and vocabulary tools needed to operate that model. There are five units: Introduction, Methodology, Results, Discussion/Conclusion and Abstract. The reader develops a model for each section of the research article through sample texts and exercises; this is followed by a Grammar and Writing Skills section designed to respond to frequently-asked questions as well as a Vocabulary list including examples of how the words and phrases are to be used.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781848163096
Publisher:	Imperial College Press
Publication date:	12/18/2009
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	272
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.10(h) x 0.90(d)

Table of Contents

Introduction: How to Use This Book v

Unit 1 How to Write an Introduction

l.l Structure 1

1.2 Grammar and Writing Skills 4

1.2.1 Tense pairs 4

1.2.2 Signalling language 7

1.2.3 Passive/Active 11

1.3 Writing Task: Build a Model 15

1.3.1 Building a model 15

1.3.2 Key 17

1.3.3 The model 24

1.3.4 Testing the Model 25

1.4 Vocabulary 32

1.4.1 Vocabulary for the Introduction 34

1.5 Writing an Introduction 41

1.5.1 Write an Introduction 41

1.5.2 Key 42

Unit 2 Writing about Methodology

2.1 Structure 44

2.2 Grammar and Writing Skills 46

2.2.1 Passives and tense pairs 47

2.2.2 Use of 'a' and 'the' 50

2.2.3 Adverbs and adverb location 56

2.3 Writing Task: Build a Model 57

2.3.1 Building a model 57

2.3.2 Key 59

2.3.3 The model 66

2.3.4 Testing the model 67

2.4 Vocabulary 75

2.4.1 Vocabulary task 76

2.4.2 Vocabulary for the Methodology section 77

2.5 Writing a Methodology Section 88

2.5.1 Write a Methodology section 88

2.5.2 Key 90

Unit 3 Writing about Results

3.1 Structure 91

3.2 Grammar and Writing Skills 94

3.2.1 Sequence 94

3.2.2 Frequency 99

3.2.3 Quantity 102

3.2.4 Causality 108

3.3 Writing Task: Build a Model 111

3.3.1 Building a model 111

3.3.2 Key 113

3.3.3 The model 122

3.3.4 Testing the model 124

3.4 Vocabulary 135

3.4.1 Vocabulary task 136

3.4.2 Vocabulary for the Results section 137

3.5 Writing a Results Section 149

3.5.1 Write a Results section 150

3.5.2 Key 151

Unit 4 Writing the Discussion/Conclusion

4.1 Structure 154

4.2 Grammar and Writing Skills 158

4.3 Writing Task: Build a Model 167

4.3.1 Building a model 167

4.3.2 Key 170

4.3.3 The model 179

4.3.4 Testing the model 180

4.4 Vocabulary 186

4.4.1 Vocabulary task 187

4.4.2 Vocabulary for the Discussion/Conclusion 187

4.5 Writing a Discussion/Conclusion 193

4.5.1 Write a Discussion/Conclusion 194

Unit 5 Writing the Abstract

5.1 Structure 197

5.2 Grammar and Writing Skills 201

5.2.1 Verb tense 201

5.2.2 Length 204

5.2.3 Language 204

5.3 Writing Task: Build a Model 205

5.3.1 Building a model 205

5.3.2 Key 206

5.3.3 The models 212

5.3.4 Testing the models 213

5.4 Vocabulary 216

5.4.1 Vocabulary task 217

5.4.2 Vocabulary for the Abstract 217

5.5 Writing an Abstract 221

5.5.1 Write an Abstract 221

5.5.2 Key 224

5.6 Creating a Tide 224

Sources and Credits 229

Useful Resources and Further Reading 231

Appendix A Abbreviations Used in Science Writing 233

Appendix B Prefixes Used in Science Writing 234

Appendix C Latin and Greek Singular and Plural Forms 239

Appendix D Useful Verbs 241

Index of Contents 243

Index of Vocabulary 245