LCS4785 Report Workshop

Open Ended

Read your proposal. What can you "recycle" from the proposal in your report?

Multiple Choice

The Introduction is a little bit too long. How many paragraphs can it be broken down, so that one paragraph focuses on one "controlling idea"?

• Two paragraphs

• Three paragraphs

• Four paragraphs

Open Ended

Type the phrases that the writer use to indicate the research gap.

Multiple Choice

Read the sentences with "lack of" as a key phrase on P. 2. Check the meanings on the right of the key phrase. What are commonly identified as a "gap"?

• Research participants were missing.

• Something about the theory or concept is missing in the field of academic knowledge.

• Something is missing or lacking in the previous research on the subject matter.

• None of the above

Open Ended

Check the list on P. 3 of the activity sheet. What are the common 4-word phrases for presenting one’s study?

Open Ended

What are the phrases you use most frequently when you cite references?

Word Cloud

What are the common verbs to the left of “that”?

Multiple Choice

What are commonly found before the reporting verbs?

• Citations (e.g., Chang (2012) demonstrated that...)

• The writer's own study (e.g., This study demonstrated that...)

• The findings/ results/ analysis of the research study (e.g., The final structural model demonstrated that...)

• All of the above

Multiple Choice

Read the sample sentences with "insights" as the keyword on p. 5. What are the insights usually about?

• The writer's new perspectives on the subject matters through their research findings

• The writer's guesses of what the findings mean

• The writer's personal feelings towards the subject matter in relation to the findings

• None of the above

Multiple Choice

What words are commonly found immediately before "insights"?

• Nouns that specify what kind of "insights" the writer talks about

• Positive adjectives "flagging" the value of the writer's study

• Adverbs that add strength to the "insights"

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