2005年mini-lecture(2/7)-英语听力

[00:00.59]These are the steps shared between research paper writing and essay writing. [00:05.54]Is there any difference, you may ask? [00:08.62]Yes. What makes a research paper different is that much of your raw material comes not from your own head, [00:16.81]but from printed sources: mainly books and periodicals in the library. [00:21.86]Collecting raw material, that is reading books and taking notes, is very much like the process of brainstorming at the prewriting stage of an ordinary essay. [00:33.11]Generally speaking, there are two basic types of research papers, and a paper may belong to either type. [00:40.19]It may be a survey of facts and opinions available on a given topic [00:44.86]or an analytical argument that uses those facts and opinions to prove a point. [00:50.49]Your instructor may tell you which kind of paper you are expected to write. [00:55.54]If not, you yourself should eventually choose between surveying and arguing. [01:01.43]You will then have a definite way of managing your sources.