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Summarizing content
Summarizing the main points, or problems is a common way to
conclude an academic paper. This can be a simple objective
account of what ground you have covered in your paper. You can avoid the more
subjective style of giving your point of view.
EXAMPLE Style note: Note
the use of the present perfect tense in bold italics in the examples below.
| Identifying characteristic patterns in
students’ writing using a corpus of learner data This study has demonstrated that with limited resources it is fairly simple to create a corpus of learner writing which may then be further sub-divided into corpora based on subject discipline, discourse type, or both. The methodology described is potentially applicable in a wide range of educational contexts as it is not dependent on sophisticated hardware or software. It has also shown that a relatively small corpus of written learner data is able to reveal characteristic patterns of errors and provide a rich resource for learning and teaching English. |
EXAMPLE
| This paper has been framed by three
questions concerning the evaluation of a SAC - Why should it be evaluated? What elements
should be evaluated? Who should perform the evaluation? It has been suggested
that a SAC should be evaluated because of the centrality of on-going evaluation to the
development process and because of the increasing demand for accountability from
stakeholders. A self-access centre is a complex entity that aims to serve almost as many functions as there are users. Its identity as a post-industrial initiative ensures its constant evolution as it adapts to an ever-changing educational context. Any attempt to evaluate such an entity will have to in itself be flexible and responsive not only to changes in the centre but also changes in the learners and the wider learning environment. |
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