# Science research writing - Introduction Model **Parent**:: [[♯ Science research writing]] GENERIC INTRODUCTION MODEL [📄](zotero://open-pdf/library/items/KS7N47TZ?page=46) 1. ESTABLISH THE IMPORTANCE OF THE TOPIC/FIELD PROVIDE BACKGROUND FACTUAL INFORMATION PRESENT THE GENERAL PROBLEM AREA/CURRENT RESEARCH FOCUS [📄](zotero://open-pdf/library/items/KS7N47TZ?page=46) 2. PRESENT PREVIOUS AND/OR CURRENT RESEARCH AND CONTRIBUTIONS: the research ‘map’ [📄](zotero://open-pdf/library/items/KS7N47TZ?page=46) 3. LOCATE A GAP IN THE RESEARCH DESCRIBE THE PROBLEM YOU WILL ADDRESS PRESENT YOUR MOTIVATION AND/OR HYPOTHESIS IDENTIFY A RESEARCH OPPORTUNITY [📄](zotero://open-pdf/library/items/KS7N47TZ?page=46) 4. DESCRIBE THE PRESENT PAPER, sometimes mentioning aims/results/methods/conclusions, and often including ‘happy’ words [📄](zotero://open-pdf/library/items/KS7N47TZ?page=46) ## 1.4.1 Language task [📄](zotero://open-pdf/library/items/KS7N47TZ?page=76) 1 ESTABLISHING SIGNIFICANCE Look for words and phrases such as widespread and much research in recent years. [📄](zotero://open-pdf/library/items/KS7N47TZ?page=76) 2 PREVIOUS AND/OR CURRENT RESEARCH AND CONTRIBUTIONS You can’t spend the rest of your life writing they did/showed/found; sometimes you need to be more specific, so look for verbs describing what exactly was done, for example calculated, monitored, identified. [📄](zotero://open-pdf/library/items/KS7N47TZ?page=76) 3 GAP/PROBLEM/PREDICTION Look for ways to say exactly how previous and/or current research is not yet complete, or has not addressed the problem your paper deals with [📄](zotero://open-pdf/library/items/KS7N47TZ?page=76) for example inefficient, unclear, few studies have focused on... [📄](zotero://open-pdf/library/items/KS7N47TZ?page=77) 4 THE PRESENT PAPER Look for descriptions of the present paper, its aims, strategy or advantages, for example we propose, our approach, successful. [📄](zotero://open-pdf/library/items/KS7N47TZ?page=77)