W06-1: Structure of an article []

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====== W06-1: Structure of an article ======

In this worksheet, we will focus on the final goal of your research and the ultimate reason for academic communication: the publication. After completing this worksheet, you will have a better understanding of academic journals, the impact factor, and style sheets.

===== Things you need for this worksheet =====
  * [[http://biology.kenyon.edu/Bio_InfoLit/how/page2.html|What is the structure of a scientific paper?]]
  * [[https://www.ref-n-write.com/trial/how-to-write-a-research-paper-academic-phrasebank-vocabulary/|Ref N' Write Structure of an academic paper]]


===== Learning log assignments =====

:-\ Do the self-test on the webpage of the [[http://biology.kenyon.edu/Bio_InfoLit/how/page4.html|Kenyon College, Ohio]] and find out how much you know about the structure of a scientific paper.

:-\ First of all, prepare a table. Put **sections, tense and reason in the first row** and **abstract, introduction, methods, discussion and results under the word sections in the first column** of the table. In a second step, do a web search and look for missing information in the table you already prepared. Which tenses are used in a scientific article? Match the tenses to the different sections and note why this tense is used.
For example:

  * [[https://skillslab.tue.nl/pathtoimg.php?id=386|Using tenses in scientific writing]]
  * [[https://www.adelaide.edu.au/english-for-uni/tenses-in-academic-writing|Tenses in Academic Writing]]
  * [[https://www.unlv.edu/sites/default/files/page_files/27/GradCollege-VerbTenseScientificManuscripts.pdf|Verb tense in scientific manuscripts]]