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    School of Electronics and Telecommunication

    Hanoi University of Sience and Technology

    TECHNICAL WRITING AND PRESENTATION


    LESSON 4: READING TECHNICAL REPORTS AND SCIENTIFIC PAPERS
    TS. HOÀNG PHƯƠNG CHI
    Technical writing and presentation
    Lesson 4: Reading technical reports and scientific papers

    Technical Report Structure

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    Structure of scientific paper

    1. Abstract
    2. Introduction
    3. Literature review
    4. Methodology
    5. Experimental Results
    6. Discussion
    7. Conclusion
    8. Acknowledgements
    9. References

    Lesson 4: Reading technical reports and scientific papers


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    Lesson 4: Reading technical reports and scientific papers


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    SKIM : GET THE “BIG_PICTURE”


    1. Quickly scan the article without note-taking,

    focus on headings and sub-headings, abstract,

    first/last paragraph, first/last sentence of each

    paragraph, repeated words to get the main

    idea/general information

    2. Note any term and part you don’t understand

    for further reading

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    RE-READ: READ THE ARTICLE AGAIN

    1. What the problem is the study trying to solve?


    2. Are the findings well supported by evidence ?
    3. Are the findings unique and supported by the
    other work in the field?
    4. What factors might affect the result?

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    INTERPRET: KEY ISSUES , MAIN POINTS

    1. What are the main points of the paper?


    2. What are the key issues?

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    SUMMERIZE
    • TAKE NOTE
    • REMEMBER KEY POINTS

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    SHARED READING
    1. Shared Reading is an interactive reading experience that
    occurs when students join in or share the reading of a
    book or other text while guided and supported by a
    teacher.
    2. The teacher explicitly models the skills of
    proficient readers, including reading with fluency and
    expression.

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    GUIDED READING
    Guided reading is an instructional approach that involves a
    teacher working with a small group of students who
    demonstrate similar reading behaviors and can read similar
    levels of texts

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    We just have learnt “Reading”

    Next lesson:
    Presenting skills

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