ULAB 2122 : ADVANCED

ACADEMIC ENGLISH
SKILLS
INTRODUCTION SECTION
INTRODUCTION SECTION

 Have two parts

Type of introduction

Thesis statement
 Type of Introduction 1: General
Statement/Funnel (the most common)

General Statement

Thesis Statement
Type 1 : Funnel
When the first Europeans came to the
Broad idea North American continent, they encountered
the completely new cultures of the Native
peoples of North America.

Native Americans, who had highly developed

Narrowing idea cultures in many respects, must have been
to more curious about the strange European manners
specific
and cultures as the Europeans were curious
about them.

As always happens when two or more cultures

Focus on what come into contact, there was a cultural exchange.
is the topic Native Americans adopted some of the Europeans’
all about ways, and the Europeans adopted some of their
ways.
Other type of introduction
 Dramatic, interesting, or funny story
 Surprising statistic or facts
 Historical Background
Type 2 : Dramatic, interesting, or
funny story
Type 3 : Surprising statistic or facts
Type 4 :Historical Background
Introduction section for term paper
project
-Start with 2@ 3 paragraph about your
title ( you will have to find definitions,
some reference about your title, to give a
general view)
-The 4th paragraph will focus on your
topic (explanation why you chose this
area to do research on, some reference to
back up your choice)

The last paragraph will be what the

term paper about ( argument – what
issue you are arguing about,
problem/solutions – what are the
problems and some gist of the
solutions)
Term paper introduction
Term Paper Introduction
 1st
◦ A general statement (type of introduction)
 2nd and 3rd Paragraph
◦ Definitions of pet (taken from Dictionary or animal
encyclopedia)
 4th Paragraph
◦ Issues about pets; care, law and types of pets
(discussed in this paragraph and some reference are
taken from sources; newspaper, internet)
◦ Care of pets take focus ( reasons; taken from sources)
◦ Cases of neglect/abuses
 5th Paragraph
◦ Argument : Are people aware of the responsibility of
keeping pets?
◦ Responsibility : financial, health, shelter
Homework
 Choose type of introduction for your term
paper
 Write a draft for the 1st, 2nd and 3rd
paragraph of your introduction
 Please include the name of your member
and the title of your term paper.
 Submit through email (latest 2
November - 12 midnight)
 Please use attachment (.pdf) and email
to : Aztie2011@gmail.com
Happy ‘introducing!’