0102 – 2016-3

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Task 1 - The Research Article: Macrostructure

Into how many major sections could you divide your article?
What are the titles of each section?
Read over each section again. In general terms, what is the purpose of each section and, as such,
what kind of information is included in each? Does any of the sections contain more than one type of
information?

Title:

Section Purpose // Kind of information

Abstract General overview of study
Introduction Gives context on the investigation, discusses
and summarizes the problem that is being
tackled by the researchers

Methods Explains in great detail how the investigation

was carried out

Results Exposes the results of the investigation to the

reader

Discussion Talks about the results using the information

that was already known about the
investigation itself, giving another point of
view of the problem
Conclusions Summarizes the content and the purpose of the
research article

Appendix Explains the nomenclature (meaning of

different symbols) used in the article

References Cites the different books and/or articles

referred to when making the research article
Analyse the abstract in your article in terms of sentence, section and key words.

Sentence # Pattern Evidence

1,2 Situation “…. has been observed in studies of…’’
N/A Problem It is implied in the abstract/research by the constant need to
improve the efficiency of thermoelectric generators
3 Objective “This study is focused on…’’
4,5,6 Method “The proposed STEGs are optimally designed…’’, Keywords:
calculated, proposed, optimized
7,8,9,10 Results/Conclusion ‘’The comparison indicates...can cause a difference…’’, ‘’The
results also show that…’’