====== W02-3: Academic phrasebank====== The Academic Phrasebank of the University of Manchester offers very good lists of academic phrases and their functions in academic writing. ===== Things you need for this worksheet ===== * [[http://www.phrasebank.manchester.ac.uk| Academic Phrasebank, University of Manchester]] ===== Learning log assignments ===== :-\ Go to this [[http://www.phrasebank.manchester.ac.uk]] and decide on the purpose and function of each group of phrases a) - g). Spend no more than 10 min on the exercise. a) * This study set out to ... * The aim of the present research was to examine ... * The purpose of the current study was to determine ... * The main goal of the current study was to determine ... b) * This study has shown that ... * The findings clearly indicate that ... * The research has also shown that ... * The second major finding was that ... c) * Overall, this study strengthens the idea that ... * The current data high light the importance of ... * The findings of this research provide insights for ... * The results of this research support the idea that ... d) * The findings reported here shed new light on ... * The study contributes to our understanding of ... * These results add to the rapid!y expanding field of ... * The contribution of this study has been to confirm ... e) * A limitation of this study is that ... * Being limited to X, this study lacks ... * The major limitation of this study is the ... * This study was limited by the absence of ... f) * Several questions still remain to be answered. * A natural progression of this work is to analyse ... * A greater focus on X could produce interesting findings that ... * The issue of X is an intriguing one which could be usefully explored in further research. g) * Greater efforts are needed to ensure ... * There is, therefore, a definite need for ... * A second broad recommendation is that ... * Another important practical implication is that...