WRITING AN ARTICLE REVIEW

Professor’s name: ________________________________________

Student’s name: __________________________________________

Group: ________________

Date: _________________

Specific Objective: To recognize and to apply the most important writing tips to write a well-structured
article review.

Do you remember the structure of an article review? Take a look at the chart below:

Introduction:
● Mention the author(s) the title, and briefly explain the main topic of the text.
● Explain the main objective of the article and its contribution(s)/finding(s).
● State your evaluation of the article. It can be positive, negative or both.
Summary: Explain in your own words the key points of your article along with a limited number of examples.
Critique: Evaluate your article: Think about the relevance of your article for people in your field nowadays. Are
there any gaps in the information given in the article? Do you have any recommendations?
Note: since this is your first article review, I suggest you to select whether your critique is positive or negative.
Conclusion:
● Restate your overall opinion of the text.
● Briefly present recommendations.

EXERCISE 1
Introduction: Elaborate your introduction keeping in mind the information you
are required to include.

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 EXERCISE 2
Specific Objective: To use reporting verbs and phrases when summarizing.

COMMON VOCABULARY AND EXPRESSIONS

state report announce stress argue
respond claim suggest express believe demonstrate
show
According to…, In … ´s view… As …. explains, …

Tips to summarize:
1- Use your OWN words
2- Mark with reporting verbs and phrases
3- Give importance to the author. Example: In David Khan’s view, it is necessary to….
4- Be general.
5- Avoid word repetition. Use synonyms!

Activity:

Keeping in mind the vocabulary & common expressions as well as the tips to summarize, please write your
article summary.
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Specific Objective: To write stronger critiques.

EXPRESSING YOUR OPINION

General point of view: No one can argue that…/ It is generally accepted that…/Most people say
that…/
Agreeing with an opinion: I agree with the idea of…./ I completely agree with this view…./ I
couldn’t agree more on…
Partial agreement: The idea is right, but…/ I partly agree with …./ I am not sure that I
compketely agree with this idea…/
Disagreeeing with an opinion: However,…/ On the contrary,…/I don’t believe that…/ I
disagree that…

When writing your critique, think of the following aspects of your article to have more ideas you
can criticize about:
1- How confident are you in the article’s results/
information and why?
2- Are its ideas really new, or do the authors simply
repackage old ideas and give them a new name?
3- What are the article’s faults and limitations? Did
it discuss all the important aspects and issues in
its field?
4- In what way should the article have made a
contribution, but then did not?
5- How complete and thorough a job did the
authors do? Do the authors include an adequate
discussion, analysis and conclusions? Did they
justify everything adequately? Did they provide
enough background information for the intended
audience to understand it? For you to
understand it?
6- Were there adequate and appropriate examples
and illustrations?

IMPORTANT: Reference the author when you want to refute his ideas. Example: In David
Khan’s view, the……However, I consider that…
Always use your OWN words!

Activity: Keeping in mind the expressions to give opinions as well as suggestions, please elaborate your
critique.
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Conclusion: Write your conclusion bearing in mind the information you are required to
include. Please refer to the initial chart.

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