Learning by doing

Learning by Doing

A well-­‐written scientific paper and its abstract should follow an underlying organization or structure to convey its content. This means that there are identifiable “parts” in the paper describing the work. Furthermore, these parts should be organized in an ordered sequence such as: 1. Introduction a. Problem definition b. Previous approaches c. Critique (“Gap”): what is new? d. Purpose: why you/anyone still needs to work on this? 2. Methods and Materials 3. Results and Discussion 4. Conclusions a. What has been done b. Future work: what hasn’t been done Here, you will be guided in the process of identifying the underlying structure of a well-­‐written paper. You will focus on the language and its use for your own writing. In addition to capturing the language that works for you, we will show common language problems that we have identified among Brazilian-­‐Portuguese native speakers. You will learn strategies and tips that can improve your writing and increase the comprehension of your manuscripts. Step #1 Select well-­‐written texts from reliable sources and produced by native speakers. Read the material critically, annotating expressions that convey important messages and may be useful to