PART I Basic Skills and Preparation for English Medical Academic Paper Writing
Chapter One Les and Sentence Theories in Medical Academic English Writing
1.1 Introduction to written and spoken genres
1.2 The conventions of academic English les choices
1.3 Introduction to sentence classification in general
1.4 Academic English sentence constructions
Chapter Two Academic English Paragraph Construction Methods
2.1 Introduction to the structure and logic of academic English paragraphs
2.2 Academic English sentential conventions in medical paragraphs
2.3 Principal methods of paragraph construction in academic English essays
Chapter Three Coherence in English Medical Academic Paper Writing
3.1 Introduction to the theory of discourse coherence
3.2 Coherent conventions and thematic progression in medical essays
3.3 Theme and rheme
3.4 Thematic progression
PART II English Medical Academic Paper Writing
Chapter Four English Academic Paper Writing
4.1 An overview on English academic paper writing
4.2 SCI, SCI paper and CNKI
4.3 Academic research paper and its textual structure elements
4.4 The basic procedure of medical research and the output process of a paper
4.5 Ways of topic writing
4.6 Topics to be avoided
Chapter Five Title Selection and Author-related Contents of Research Papers
5.1 The function and elements of a title
5.2 The main points of a title
5.3 The features of a title and title page
5.4 Principles of a good title
5.5 The structure of a title
5.6 Some suggestions on writing a good title
5.7 Author, affiliation and contact information
Chapter Six Abstract Writing
6.1 An overview on abstract and the function of abstract
6.2 Identification of an abstract and academic summary
6.3 Moves in an abstract
Requirements for an abstract
6.5 Formats of an abstract
6.6 Process of abstract writing
Chapter Seven Introduction Writing
7.1 The function and importance of an introduction
7.2 The basic principles and components in EAP introduction writing
7.3 Organization and structural discourse of an introduction
Chapter Eight Materials and Methods Writing
8.1 The function of materials and methods section
8.2 Principles and key points of materials and methods writing
8.3 Organization and discourse of materials and methods section
8.4 Moves in materials and methods section
Chapter Nine Results Writing
9.1 The function of results section
9.2 The items and organization of results section
9.3 The structure of data commentary
9.4 The writing requirements of results section
9.5 The content of results section
Chapter Ten Discussion and Conclusions Writing
10.1 Structural arrangement for discussion and conclusions
10.2 The format and function of conclusions
10.3 The function, role and principles of discussion
10.4 The organization of discussion/conclusions
10.5 Textual structure elements and functional discourse coherence
10.6 Things to be avoided when writing discussion
Chapter Eleven Contributions, Acknowledgements and References in English Medical Academic Papers
11.1 Acknowledgements and contributions writing
11.2 References and citation style
Chapter Twelve Common Errors in English Academic Paper Writing
12.1 Language of English academic papers
12.2 Common language errors in English academic paper writing
12.3 Common errors in coherence and cohesion
12.4 Plagiarism in writing English academic papers
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