VOA慢速英语 在美国如何写论文

　　Studying in the US: Writing College Papers

　　This is the VOA Special English Education Report.

　　Today in our Foreign Student Series we discuss writing college papers. Writing a term paper, research paper or essay for a college class is a kind of academic writing. Academic writing among professionals is a way to create new knowledge.

　　A professor assigns students to write a paper. The students examine an issue, review what is already known, think about what they have learned and come to some conclusion.

　　This means that each student-writer must present information and also take a position. The student might support an idea, question it or even disprove it. Or the writer could show how the subject may be understood better or in a different way than it has been. And the student must support the position with evidence.

　　Cultural differences may interfere when international students try to write this way. Writing teachers say students in many countries have learned to write beautiful descriptions about something without ever stating the main idea. American college students are expected to state their main idea at the beginning of the paper.

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