Unit One Preparing for Writing Research Articles 1.1 Being familiar with the characteristics of RAs 1.2 Deciding on a topic 1.3 Formulating aproblem/hypothesis 1.4 Using databases for references 1.5 Writing a proposal 1.6 Knowing the macro-structure of RAs 1.7 Reading titles for prediction 1.8 Reading abstracts for main ideas 1.9 Reading the key sentences in the Introduction and Discussion sections 1.10 Suggested readings Unit Two Writing an Introduction Section 2.1 The moves of an Introduction section 2.2 Writing the initial sentences to claim centrality 2.3 Indicating the gap to be filled 2.4 Expressing the objective/purpose 2.5 Postulating a hypothesis 2.6 Introducing the methods and structure of the article 2.7 Tenses used in the Introduction 2.8 Signal words and cohesive devices 2.9 Fixed expressions for centrality, gaps and purposes 2.10 Re-use language in the Introduction 2.11 Suggested readings Unit Three Writing a Literature Review 3.1 The elements of a Literature Review 3.2 The order of past studies 3.3 The content to review 3.4 Critical reading of the past studies 3.5 Synthesizing the sources 3.6 Citation function 3.7 Citation types 3.8 Citation methods 3.9 Verbs used to report past studies 3.10 Verb tenses in citation 3.11 Attitude markers 3.12 Re-use language in the Literature Review 3.13 Suggested readings Unit Four Writing a Methods Section 4.1 The format of a Methods section 4.2 The elements of a Methods section 4.3 Study design 4.4 Describing the data and samples 4.5 Describing the materials 4.6 Describing the procedures 4.7 Research variables 4.8 Data analysis 4.9 Signal words for the purposes 4.10 Citations used in the Methods section 4.11 Active or passive verbs 4.12 Self-mention 4.13 Tenses in the Methods section 4.14 Suggested readings Unit Five Writing a Results Section 5.1 The significance of the Results section 5.2 The choice of the data 5.3 The Contentof a Results section 5.4 The information elements Of the written part 5.5 The writing of the written part 5.6 The organization of results presentation 5.7 Data presentation 5.8 Designing and describing tables andfigures 5.9 Writing figUre legends and table titles 5.i0 Verb tenses and citations 5.! 1 FiXed expressions used in the Resuits section 5.12 Suggested readings Unit Six Writing a Discussion Section 6.1 Writing a D~scussion section 6.2 The elements of a Discussion section 6.3 Highlighting the c0ntributi0n 6.4 Improving the chance' of being cited 6,5 Writing a C0nclusion 6.6 Hedging expressions 6.7 Attitude statements 6.8 Verb tenses 6.9 Fixed expressionS Used in the Discussion and Conclusion sections 6,10 Suggested readings Unit Seven Writing an Abstract and a Title 7.1 Abstract 7.2 Verb tenses and self-mention in the Abstract 7.3 Fixed eXpression used in the Abstract 7.4 Keyords 7.5 Title 7,6 Supplemental information 7.7 Acknowledgments: 7,8 Author contributions 7.9 References 7.10 Suggested readings Unit Eight Language and Style 8.i Style of scientific writing 8.2 The use of nominalizafion 8.3 Noun clusters 8.4 Impersonal structures 8.5 Subordinate structures 8.6 Modifier phrases 8.7 Lexical variation 8.8 Sentence variation 8.9 Using corpus analysis 8.10 Self-made CO~US Unit Nine Preparing a Manuscript for Publication 9.1 Getting the paper published 9.2 Knowing the selection criteria of peer reviewers 9.3 Knowing the submission guidelines of a journal 9.4 Writing a cover;letter 9.5 Responding to the editors/peer reviewers 9.6 Writing a response letter Unit Ten Reading Research Articles for Analysis 10.1 Effects of Communication About: Uncertaintv and Oncologist Gender on the Physician-Patient RelationshiP 10.2 The Sound of Temperature: What Information Do Pouring Sounds Convey Concerning the Temperature of a Beverage 10.3 DeepMood: Forecasting Depressed Mood Based on Self-Reported Histories Via Recurrent NeUral Networks 10.4 Training End Users: An Experimental Investigation of the Roles of the Computer Interface and Training MethodS 10.5 Changes in Diet and Lifestyle and Long-Term Weight Gain in Women and Men 10.6 Why Does Your Data Leak? Uncovering the Data Leakage in Cloud from Mobile Apps 10.7 Transfer Learning in Brain, Computer :InterfaCes 10.8 Patiromer Versus Placebo to Enable Spironolactone Usein Patients with Resistant Hypertension and Chronic Kidney Disease (AMBER) A Phase 2, Rand0mised, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial Appendixes Appendix 1: Tables used in the book Appendix 2: Course syllabus Appendix 3: Course schedule Appendix 4: ArtiCles :used as examples (AE) References Index