Chapter 1 Introducing Materials Science Articles 1

1.1 Article Structure 2

1.2 Article Content 4

1.3 Academic Notes 5

Chapter 2 Writing the Introduction Section 9

2.1 General Introduction 10

2.2 Verb Tense 12

2.3 Sample Analysis 14

2.4 Useful Expressions 18

2.5 Checklist for Writing the Introduction Section 27

Chapter 3 Writing the Methods Section 33

3.1 General Introduction 34

3.2 Verb Tense 38

3.3 Cohesion 40

3.4 Sample Analysis 41

3.5 Useful Expressions 44

3.6 Checklist for Writing the Methods Section 48

Chapter 4 Writing the Results Section 59

4.1 General Introduction 60

4.2 Two Organizations: Sequential Pattern and Alternating Pattern 66

4.3 Figure/Table Titles 67

4.4 Verb Tense 70

4.5 Sample Analysis 71

4.6 Useful Expressions 73

4.7 Checklist for Writing the Results Section 76

Chapter 5 Writing the Discussion Section 81

5.1 General Introduction 82

5.2 Highlighting and Hedging 87

5.3 Verb Tense 89

5.4 Sample Analysis 91

5.5 Useful Expressions 95

5.7 Checklist for Writing the Discussion Section 99

Chapter 6 Writing the Abstract and Title 103

6.1 General Introduction 104

6.2 Verb Tense 108

6.3 Features of Materials Science Paper Titles 111

6.4 Sample Analysis 115

6.5 Useful Expressions 117

6.6 Checklist for Writing the Abstract and Title 118

Chapter 7 Features of Academic Language 123

7.1 Syntactic Features of Materials Science Articles 124

7.2 Language Features: FACT 137

Chapter 8 Conclusion 159

8.1 Revisiting Previous Chapters 160

8.2 Connecting Different Sections 161

References 163

Keys to Exercises 165