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CriticalReview怎么写

WritingaCriticalReview

Theadviceinthisbrochureisageneralguideonly.Westronglyrecommendthatyoualsofollowyourassignmentinstructionsandseekclarificationfromyourlecturer/tutorifneeded.

PurposeofaCriticalReview

Thecriticalreviewisawritingtaskthatasksyoutosummarizeandevaluateatext.Thecriticalreviewcanbeofabook,achapter,orajournalarticle.Writingthecriticalreviewusuallyrequiresyoutoreadtheselectedtextindetailandtoalsoreadotherrelatedtextssothatyoucanpresentafairandreasonableevaluationoftheselectedtext.

Whatismeantbycritical?

Atuniversity,tobecriticaldoesnotmeantocriticizeinanegativemanner.Ratheritrequiresyoutoquestiontheinformationandopinionsinatextandpresentyourevaluationorjudgmentofthetext.Todothiswell,youshouldattempttounderstandthetopicfromdifferentperspectives（i.e.readrelatedtexts）andinrelationtothetheories,approachesandframeworksinyourcourse.

Whatismeantbyevaluationorjudgment?

Hereyoudecidethestrengthsandweaknessesofatext.Thisisusuallybasedonspecificcriteria.Evaluatingrequiresanunderstandingofnotjustthecontentofthetext,butalsoanunderstandingofatext’spurpose,theintendedaudienceandwhyitisstructuredthewayitis.

Whatismeantbyanalysis?

Analyzingrequiresseparatingthecontentandconceptsofatextintotheirmaincomponentsandthenunderstandinghowtheseinterrelate,connectandpossiblyinfluenceeachother.

StructureofaCriticalReview

Criticalreviews,bothshort（onepage）andlong（fourpages）,usuallyhaveasimilarstructure.Checkyourassignmentinstructionsforformattingandstructuralspecifications.Headingsareusuallyoptionalforlongerreviewsandcanbehelpfulforthereader.

Introduction

Thelengthofanintroductionisusuallyoneparagraphforajournalarticlereviewandtwoorthreeparagraphsforalongerbookreview.Includeafewopeningsentencesthatannouncetheauthor（s）andthetitle,andbrieflyexplainthetopicofthetext.Presenttheaimofthetextandsummarizethemainfindingorkeyargument.Concludetheintroductionwithabriefstatementofyourevaluationofthetext.Thiscanbeapositiveornegativeevaluationor,asisusuallythecase,amixedresponse.

Summary

Presentasummaryofthekeypointsalongwithalimitednumberofexamples.Youcanalsobrieflyexplaintheauthor’spurpose/intentionsthroughoutthetextandyoumaybrieflydescribehowthetextisorganized.Thesummaryshouldonlymakeupaboutathirdofthecriticalreview.

Critique

Thecritiqueshouldbeabalanceddiscussionandevaluationofthestrengths,weaknessandnotablefeaturesofthetext.Remembertobaseyourdiscussiononspecificcriteria.Goodreviewsalsoincludeothersourcestosupportyourevaluation（remembertoreference）.

Youcanchoosehowtosequenceyourcritique.Herearesomeexamplestogetyoustarted:

•Mostimportanttoleastimportantconclusionsyoumakeaboutthetext.

•Ifyourcritiqueismorepositivethannegative,thenpresentthenegativepointsfirstandthepositivelast.

•Ifyourcritiqueismorenegativethanpositive,thenpresentthepositivepointsfirstandthenegativelast.

•Iftherearebothstrengthsandweaknessforeachcriterionyouuse,youneedtodecideoverallwhatyourjudgmentis.Forexample,youmaywanttocommentonakeyideainthetextandhavebothpositiveandnegativecomments.Youcouldbeginbystatingwhatisgoodabouttheideaandthenconcedeandexplainhowitislimitedinsomeway.Whilethisexampleshowsamixedevaluation,overallyouareprobablybeingmorenegativethanpositive.

•Inlongreviews,youcanaddresseachcriteriayouchooseinaparagraph,includingbothnegativeandpositivepoints.Forveryshortcriticalreviews（onepageorless）whereyourcommentswillbebriefer,includeaparagraphofpositiveaspectsandanotherofnegative.

•Youcanalsoincluderecommendationsforhowthetextcanbeimprovedintermsofideas,researchapproach;theoriesorframeworksusedcanalsobeincludedinthecritiquesection.

Conclusion

Thisisusuallyaveryshortparagraph.

•Restateyouroverallopinionofthetext.

•Brieflypresentrecommendations.

•Ifnecessarysomefurtherqualificationorexplanationofyourjudgmentcanbeincluded.Thiscanhelpyourcritiquesoundfairandreasonable.

References

Ifyouhaveusedothersourcesinyoureviewyoushouldalsoincludealistofreferencesattheendofthereview.

Summarizingandparaphrasingforthecriticalreview

Summarizingandparaphrasingareessentialskillsforacademicwritingandinparticular,thecriticalreview.Tosummarizemeanstoreduceatexttoitsmainpointsanditsmostimportantideas.Thelengthofyoursummaryforacriticalreviewshouldonlybeaboutonequartertoonethirdofthewholecriticalreview.Thebestwaytosummarizeisto:

1.Scanthetext.Lookforinformationthatcanbededucedfromtheintroduction,conclusionandthetitleandheadings.Whatdothesetellyouaboutthemainpointsofthearticle?

2.Locatethetopicsentencesandhighlightthemainpointsasyouread.

3.Rereadthetextandmakeseparatenotesofthemainpoints.Examplesandevidencedonotneedtobeincludedatthisstage.Usuallytheyareusedselectivelyinyourcritique.

Paraphrasingmeansputtingitintoyourownwords.Paraphrasingoffersanalternativetousingdirectquotationsinyoursummary（andthecritique）andcanbeanefficientwaytointegrateyoursummarynotes.

Thebestwaytoparaphraseisto:

1.Reviewyoursummarynotes

2.Rewritetheminyourownwordsandincompletesentences

3.Usereportingverbsandphrases（eg;Theauthordescribes…,Smitharguesthat…）.

4.Ifyouincludeuniqueorspecialistphrasesfromthetext,usequotationmarks.