Conclusion

In the conclusion section of research articles, writers briefly highlight the overall results and evaluate their study. Writers should go beyond the specific findings of their study to make suggestions about the implications of the research in more general terms, including the practical implications of their work and what questions have been left unanswered and need further study.

[|Yang and Allison (2003)] suggest the following discourse functions in conclusions:


 * 1) Summarizing the study;
 * 2) Suggesting implications;
 * 3) Evaluating possible future lines of research


 * Examples**


 * 1) Summarizing the study
 * 2) Suggesting implications
 * 3) Evaluating possible future lines of research