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How to write a well-thought conclusion section of your manuscript for the journal?
The table below shows the essential elements of a well-thought-out conclusion. If the paper ends with a discussion instead of a Conclusion, these elements should also be present so that the contribution of the study to the knowledge gap is highlighted, along with a qualification on the generalisable limits of the findings.
Table Structure of Conclusion Section
| M1 | Summarise the study | |
| In summary, the research presented in this paper offers a contrastive text …
… investigated/ show … |
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| M2 | Evaluating the study | |
| M2s1
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Indicating significance | What is new in our study is the links we try to find with …
Hedging using modal auxiliaries: can, could, may, maybe, might, ought, shall, should, will, would |
| M2s2 | Indicating limitations
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The present study has raised a number of interesting differences, but a larger corpus is needed to establish how far they can be generalized…
… limited to/ ignored … |
| M2s3 | Evaluating methodology
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Although results obtained from the H functions are not satisfactory, good results are obtained from the use of J functions… |
| M3 | Deductions from the research | |
| M3s1
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Recommending further research | Further research might be profitably conducted within a single discipline to determine the degree of variability according to subdiscipline, …
… recommend/ replicated … |
| M3s2
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Drawing pedagogical implications | The findings of this study may have some implications for the teaching of… |
(Structure from Yang & Allison, 2003; Language features from Bunton, 2005; Swales, 1990; Swales & Feak, 2004)