Tham khảo tài liệu 'teaching academic esl writing part 32', ngoại ngữ, toefl - ielts - toeic phục vụ nhu cầu học tập, nghiên cứu và làm việc hiệu quả | 298 CHAPTER 11 Examples provided in support of the writer s thesis or specific points made in the text can be used in the following contexts To support a generalization o by means of information obtained from published and citable sources such as statistical data research findings or opinions of experts . For example Peters 2004 has a different view and states that. o by explicitly stating that generalizations indeed apply to most or many cases people situations events . For example 42 of all high school students have part-time jobs or in . universities today only a minority of students are male 49 To clarify and explain unfamiliar terms and abstract concepts o by means of specific cases that demonstrably apply to most or many cases people situations . For example when coastline changes its shape the tide pooh where people fish will also become different. In this case the local people cannot go to fish where they used to before o by means of expanded detailed descriptions that deal with the publicly known and verifiable events such as political financial social demographic medical natural or historical developments lives of public figures communities groups of people or sets of circumstances or explanations examined from several perspectives. For instance an example of how the teaching of math in Japan is better than that in the United States has to include points about elementary and secondary schools boys and girls and or teacher training and expectations of students. In academic writing examples and extended examples present factual information that is clear and well organized. Examples that are used to support the writer s thesis can provide the highlights or an outline of the rest of the information that follows. All extended examples usually begin with a statement of fact. For example Education is important for the economic survival of the poor. For example in the course of his or her working life an average high school graduate can earn .
