EAP Communication Skills - Day Six: Review, the "Results" Section and Summary Skills

Today the course will continue its discussion of the IMRD format for research articles with an overview of the "Results" section. An outline can be found below...

Day 14: The "Results" Section and Summary Skills

Level: Students are expected to possess a B1 - B2 (Intermediate) level of English
Time: 2 Academic Hours (1 Hour & 30 Minutes)

I. IMRD: Review of "Methods" and Intro to "Results"
The class will begin with the instructor showing this presentation. It reviews the information we discussed last week and advances our dialogic analysis of the IMRD structure. The presentation covers:

1. An overview of IMRD structure
2. An brief explanation of the purpose of each component of the IMRD article structure
3. An introduction and overview of the "Methods" section
4. An introduction and overview of the "Results" section

After a discussion of the material, the class will practice the following activities designed to increase student awareness about the features of and language used within the "Results" section:

1. Finding Information within the "Results" Section
2. Understanding the Role of Comments Within the "Results" Section

Additionally, here is a step-by-step discussion of how to write the "Discussion" section of an IMRD paper from San Francisco Edit, a "scientific, medical and general proofreading and editing" company.

II. Summary Skills
Finally, the group practice summarizing. The instructor will begin by asking students to read this example article and summary. Then, students will have a chance to practice summarizing shorter articles found here.

Finally, the class will review a formula for summarizing an IMRD article. The formula can be found here.

Once this plan/formula has been discussed and review, the students will be asked to apply this strategy to try and summarize their IMRD article for homework.

Homework

1. Students should bring their IMRD article to class (instructors can encourage them to do so by telling them they won't be given credit for attending class without the article)
2. Students should come to class with a summary of their article before class using the strategy found in Part IV above.