Formation

In this 8th issue, you will find a new contribution dealing with the tables and figures of the Results section. This part of the Results section is important, because some readers pressed for time will skip the text and concentrate on these illustrations.

Use the prompts below and the vocabulary above to write appropriate acknowledgements.

Here are the main expressions used to describe figures:

In this 11th issue, you will find a new contribution concerning the cover letter which accompanies the first submission of your article.

In this 2nd issue, you will find a new contribution dealing with the way to present a review of the literature. Supplementary exercises along with a bilingual version of the texts presented in the paper version are available in this online version.

Translate the following sentences into English.

Here’s an example of a cover letter: Voici un exemple de lettre d’accompagnement :

In this 9th issue, you will find a new contribution dealing with the Discussion section. This section is the most difficult to write because it has to be thorough but concise.

Here are some expressions that can be used in a cover letter: Voici quelques expressions pouvant être utilisées dans une lettre d’accompagnement :

Here’s an extract showing the main features of a Discussion section:

In this 12th issue, you will find a new contribution concerning the peer reviewing process and the resubmission of the article.

As the Discussion section is used to put forward hypotheses and open up new avenues of research, modal verbs, modal phrases, modal expressions (adjectives, adverbs...), and verbs with a modal connotation are often found here.

Here are some examples of reviewers’ comments and opening paragraphof a letter written to answer them.