Among the types of assignments that international students are often exposed to, there is an assignment called "literature review", which translates to "literature review" in Chinese.
The so-called literature review refers to the analysis and induction of the literature according to the current course or research needs after reading the relevant materials, and comprehensively expounding your views on these literature materials or suggestions for follow-up research.
Judging from this definition alone, it seems that it is not difficult to write a literature review, as long as the ability of international students to organize and summarize is good enough, how can anyone still fail?
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To put it simply, there are 5 main factors that affect the high scores of international students:
One is the language barrier. In order to write a good literature review, international students need to read enough literature and write their opinions correctly in English, which is a difficult challenge for non-native speakers to complete quickly.
Second, there is a lack of guidance. International students have not received relevant training in China, and they do not have enough understanding of the basic content such as the writing format and composition of literature reviews, which leads to serious loss of marks.
The third is the time limit. In the final analysis, the literature review is still an assignment, and international students need to meet the deadline and meet the standard to score, otherwise the results will not be very good.
Fourth, there will be no trade-offs in the selection of literature. Many international students are not clear about the selection criteria for materials, do not know how to collect literature, and do not know how to make trade-offs.
Fifth, there is a lack of critical thinking. Doing a literature review is not just about organizing the data, we also need to analyze the views of other authors, but many international students do not critically look at a literature and refine their opinions.
So, what points do international students need to pay attention to if they want to write a good literature review?
First of all, international students should not rely too much on Internet search when looking for literature, and we can directly quote textbooks or teachers' courseware for many definitions.
Secondly, when searching for literature, we must pay attention to the publication date and citation number of the literature, which are very important indicators for teachers, and they generally have requirements or preferences for the timeliness of the literature.
In addition, what if international students find that the amount is too large when they read the literature, and it may be too late in time?
Then we can first look at the abstract of the article to figure out what the core content of the article is, and then do a quick scan and write down important information such as the author's purpose, research methodology, and conclusions.
It should be noted that Little Seahorse does not recommend that you use fragmented time to complete the reading because there is too much literature, and it is easy to interrupt the train of thought.
You can choose a fixed time to concentrate on reading. The more literature you read in the same period of time, the better it is for you to think and form an opinion about the various documents together.
If you have a poor foundation, do not have an accurate grasp of the format of the literature review, or do not know how to make trade-offs, and feel that any literature is useful, but you cannot closely link each literature, then you may need a professional tutor to help you straighten out your thinking and improve your basic academic writing skills.
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