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Contents
ОглавлениеAn introduction to scientific English
1.1 Advantages and disadvantages of English
1.2 Formal English, the language of science
1.2.3 Write out all verb forms
1.2.4 Avoid starting sentences with “and”, “but”, “because” or “so”
1.2.5 Avoid ending sentences with “too”, “also”, “though” or “yet”
1.2.7 Avoid vagueness, sensationalism and exaggeration
1.3 Words for writing scientific English
1.4 Take-home messages from Chapter 1
Writing clear scientific English
2.1 Eight guidelines for improving your writing technique
2.1.2 Use a clean and legible layout
2.1.5 Write positive sentences
2.1.8 Read and think about your work
2.2 Just to make you feel better
2.3 Take-home messages from Chapter 2
3.1 Summarising the text “Fighting for Breath”
3.2 Improving four summaries of “Fighting for Breath”
3.3 Writing abstracts for scientific presentations
3.6 Improving four texts on “What is science?”
3.7 The five most common commands and comments from improved texts in Chapter 3
3.8 Take-home messages from Chapter 3
Constructing a scientific manuscript
4.1 The process of publishing original data in a scientific manuscript
4.2 Planning a scientific manuscript
4.3 Writing a scientific manuscript
4.3.1 Prepare the figures and tables
4.3.2 Describe the figures and tables
4.3.3 Write a first draft of the “results”
4.3.4 Write a first draft of the “discussion”
4.3.5 What about writing a combined section entitled “results and discussion”?
4.3.6 Write a first draft of the “introduction”
4.3.7 Write a first draft of the “title”, the “abstract” and the “keywords”
4.3.8 Write a first draft of “materials and methods”
4.3.9 List and sort the references
4.3.10 Write the “acknowledgements”
4.3.11 Write the “abbreviations”
4.4 Assembling and improving the model manuscript
4.4.1 First draft of the model manuscript
4.5 Editing and refining a scientific manuscript
4.5.1 Improved model manuscript
4.6 Take-home messages from Chapter 4
Practising writing and improving scientific manuscripts
5.1 Improving the quality of bread
5.2 Your views on human activity and global warming
5.5 Searching for the best firewood to reduce global warming
5.6 Is there a connection between eating organic food and cigarette smoking?
5.7 The six most common commands and comments from improved texts in Chapter 5
5.8 Take-home messages from Chapter 5
Easing the pain: writing whilst researching
7.2 The comments that I use to correct texts in my course
7.3 A reading list to improve your vocabulary and your scientific writing
7.4 Some tips for oral presentations
The scientific vocabulary of this book
8.2 Words from the basic scientific lexicon
8.3 Words that extend the basic scientific lexicon
