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    MOST COMMON SECTIONS AND CONTENTS OF THESIS AND RESEARCH ARTICLES

    TITLE

    AUTHORSHIP

    ABSTRACT

    Summary of the research:


    • background to the topic
    • research aims
    • methodology
    • main result
    Keywords

    INTRODUCTION

    • It establishes the territory: establishing the importance of the topic, reviewing previous
    work.
    • It identifies a niche: indicating a gap in knowledge
    • It occupies the niche: listing purpose of new research, listing questions, stating the value
    of the work, indicating the structure of the writing)

    LITERATURE REVIEW

    • It shows what is already known about the research topic, and it outlines the key ideas and
    theories that help us understand this.
    • It is evaluative and critical of the studies or ideas which are relevant to the current work.
    For example, if a particular study
    a) did not investigate some important aspect of the area you are researching,
    b) the author(s) failed to notice a weakness in their methods, or
    c) that their conclusion is not well-supported

    METHODOLOGY

    • It explains how the research was carried out


    • It should be clear and detailed enough for another experienced person to repeat the research
    and reproduce the results.

    EFL course – Mariangel Carreño pág. 1


    RESULTS

    It presents and describes the results in a systematic and detailed way.


    • For qualitative results, the researcher will highlight and comment on the themes that emerge
    from the analysis. These comments will often be illustrated with excerpts from the raw data.
    • In text-based studies, this may comprise quotations from primary sources.
    • In quantitative studies, the results section is likely to consist of tables and figures, and writers
    comment on the significant data shown in these. All figures and tables should be numbered
    and given a title. More elaborate commentary on the results is normally restricted to the
    Discussion section.

    In research articles, authors may comment extensively on their results as they are presented. It is
    common for the Results section to be combined with the Discussion section under the heading:
    Results and Discussion.

    DISCUSSION

    They normally centre around a ‘statement of result’ or an important ‘finding’.


    When offering explanations and suggesting implications, the language used is very tentative or
    cautious.

    CONCLUSIONS

    • It summarises and brings together the main areas covered in the writing.
    • It gives a final comment or judgement on this.
    • The final comment may also include making suggestions for improvement and speculating on
    future directions.

    Dissertations and research papers will also include sections on the significance of the findings and
    recommendations for future work. Conclusions may be optional if they are covered in the Discussion
    section.

    REFERENCES

    A list of the sources (published work, websites, videos, etc.) cited in the text.

    Adapted from https://www.phrasebank.manchester.ac.uk/introducing-work/ The University of Manchester

    EFL course – Mariangel Carreño pág. 2

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