Applied aspects of research paper introductions

 

John M. Swales

 

Professor Emeritus of Linguistics, University of Michigan

 

 

Thurs. (Nov. 3) 15:00-17:00

 

Room 116, Wennan Building, Dept. of Foreign Languages & Literatures

 

 

 

Analysis of such introductions has been a major feature of EAP research for many years. So far,  so good. But how best can we apply this research to classroom and self-study settings? In this talk, we examine a range of options. Also attention is given to introductory material in humanities papers that may have a different mode of development (from specific to general rather than from general to specific).