英语学位论文写作教程

Preface

Chapter1:DefiningtheDissertation

1.1Introductoryremarks

1.2Thesis,dissertation,paper

1.3Summaryandevaluationofinformation

1.4Theprocessofwritingadissertation

1.5Summary

1.6Exercises

Chapter2:BasicWritingandAcademicWriting

2.1Introduction

2.2Basicwriting

2.3Academicwriting

2.4Styleandmechanics

2.5Importanttermsandconcepts

2.6Summary

2.7Exercises

Chapter3:Data,Analysis,andResearchParadigms

3.1Introduction

3.2Datacollection

3.3Analysis

3.4Researchparadigms

3.5Typesofresearch

3.6Summary

3.7Exercises

Chapter4:Prewriting(1):DevelopingtheSubject

4.1Introduction

4.2Managingyourtime

4.3Locatingyourinterest

4.4Selectingatopic

4.5Consideringmanageabilityandavailability

4.6Summary

4.7Exercises

Chapter5:Prewriting(2):ReadingtheLiterature

5.1Introduction

5.2Familiarizingyourselfwiththebackground

5.3Discoveringexistingstudies

5.4Readingtherelevantliterature

5.5Takingnotes

5.6Discoveringquestionsandproblems

5.7Focusingonyourresearch

5.8Preparingaworkingbibliography

5.9Summary

5.10Exercises

Chapter6:Prewriting(3):ThesisFormulationandResearchQuestions

6.1Introduction

6.2Thethesisstatement

6.3Theresearchquestion

6.4Theresearchmethod

6.5Summary

6.6Exercises

Chapter7:Prewriting(4):ConductingPrimaryResearch--anExample

7.1Introduction

7.2Researchinterestandresearchaim

7.3Thesisstatementandresearchquestions

7.4Literaturereview

7.5Researchmethodanddatacollection

7.6Anexampleofdatacollectionanddataediting

7.7Theoreticalbasis

7.8Analysis

7.9Summary

7.10Exercises

Chapter8:Writing(1):ElementsofaDissertation

8.1Introduction

8.2Themacrostructure

8.3Theabstract

8.4Theintroduction

8.5Theliteraturereview

8.6Thetheoreticalframework

8.7Researchmethodanddata

8.8Analysisanddiscussion

8.9Theconclusion

8.10Summary

8.11Exercises

Chapter9:Writing(2):OrganizingIdeas

9.1Introduction

9.2Theskeletonandthemeat

9.3Thelanguageoftheelementsofstructure

9.4Referringtopreviousstudies

9.5Re-organizingideas

9.6Adviceonquoting

9.7Adviceonthechoiceofreportingverbs

9.8Summary

9.9Exercises

Chapter10:Writing(3):WritingandRevising

10.1Introduction

10.2Creatingtheoverallplan

10.3Outlinesandsectionheadings

10.4Theproportionalsuggestion

10.5Developingthefirstdraftandpossibleproblems

10.6Researchingbeforewriting

10.7Revisingthefirstdraft

10.8Summary

10.9Exercises

Chapter11:Writing(4):AvoidingPlagiarism

11.1Introduction

11.2Definingplagiarism

11.3Thetemptationtoplagiarize

11.4Thecostofplagiarism

11.5Paraphrasingvsplagiarism

11.6Howtoavoidplagiarism

11.7Summary

11.8Exercises

Chapter12:PreparingtheFinalDraft

12.1Introduction

12.2Formattingthefinaldraft

12.3Checkingthedetails

12.4Summary

12.5Exercises

Chapter13:ReferencesandAppendixes

13.1Introduction

13.2Thefunctionofdocumentingsources

13.3Differentstylesofreferencing

13.4Referencesintherunningtext

13.5Referencesattheendofthedissertation

13.6Appendixes

13.7Summary

13.8Exercises

Chapter14:SubmissionandEvaluation

14.1Introduction

14.2Workingwithyourtutor

14.3Submission

14.4Evaluationcriteria

14.5Thedissertationdefence

14.6Summary

14.7Exercises

Appendix1:ASamplePaperinChinese

Appendix2:ASamplePaperforFurtherAnalysis

Appendix3:SuggestedAnswerstotheExercises

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