英语学术论文写作的重点内容是学术论文题目的拟定和摘要的写作。针对这两个章节的内容，《英语学术论文写作》从题目和摘要的基本作用、语言特征入手，引导学生了解题目和摘要在论文中的基本作用和语言特点，掌握其基本内容，同时采用标准的语言表达形式，按照其写作的基本要求，培养学生撰写学术论文题目和摘要的能力；为适应英语专业和理工科专业特色，本教材收录了英语语言学和理工科专业基本的标准术语，以附录形式编写在教材的结尾部分，供学生们撰写论文时参考。本书由徐艳英主编。

Unit I General Introduction toAcademic Writing

 1.1 Thesis Papers

 1.2 Ways of Preparing Professional Papers

 1.3 Different Sections of a Thesis

Unit 2 Titles and Keywords

 2.1 Titles

 2.2 Keywords

 Exercises

Unit 3 Abstract

 3.1 Definition of Abstract

 3.2 General Functions of Abstract

 3.3 Linguistic Features of Abstract

 3.4 Characteristics of Abstract in Grammar

 3.5 Formalized Structures

 3.6 Writing Requirements for Abstract

 Exercises

Unit 4 Introduction

 4.1 General Functions of Introduction

 4.2 Structural Features of Introduction and Some Idiomatic Expressions

 Exercises

Unit 5 Literature Review

 5.1 Major Components

 5.2 Actual Writing

 Special Attention: Sentence Structures in Theses

 Exercises

Unit 6 Textual Development

 6.1 Description

 6.2 Logical Development

 6.3 Reasoning (Persuasion)

 Exercises

Unit 7 Conclusion

 7.1 General Functions and Main Elements of Conclusion

 7.2 Requirements for Writing a Conclusion

 7.3 Some Useful Expressions in Writing a ConcluSion

 Special Attention: Conciseness

 Exercises

Unit 8 References

 8.1 General Functions

 8.2 Linguistic Features

 8.3 Writing Requirements

 Exercises

Unit9 Acknowledgments

 9.1 General Functions

 9.2 Linguistic Features

 9.3 Writing Requirements 

 Exercises

 Special Attention: Concreteness

 Exercises

Appendix I Linguistic Terms

Appendix I1 Scientific Terms