AcademicWriting[7]英语专业论文写作

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1、ThesisProposalYanKuiForeignLanguagesSchoolSouthwestUniversitykevinyan@swu.edu.cnContents1.Introduction2.Structure3.Contents4.PreparationIntroductionTheaimofthethesisproposalistoconvinceyoursupervisorandtheschoolthat(1)Thereisaneedfortheresearch;itissignific

2、antandimportant.(2)Thetopicisfeasibleintheavailabilityintheoreticalfoundation,researchtoolsandmethods,empiricaldataandreferencematerials.(3)Theresearchcanbecompletedwithintheexpectedtime.(4)Theresearchtopicmatchesyourinterestsandcapacities.Ifyoucanoutlineth

3、esepointsclearlyinaproposal,thenyouwillbeabletofocusonaresearchtopicandfinishitrapidly.Asecondarypurposeoftheproposalistotrainyouintheartofproposalwriting.AnyfuturecareerrelatedtotheEnglishlanguage,whetheritbeinTEFLoracademiawillrequiretheseskillsinsomeform

4、.StructureofthesisProposalTitlepageThesisstatementTableofcontentsSignificanceoftheresearch(includingtheoretical&practicalsignificance)FeasibilityoftheresearchApproach/methodsWorkplan(includingtimetable)ListofreferencesThestructureofthethesisproposalisverysi

5、milartothatofathesisoranacademicpaper.YouwillbeabletousealargefractionofthematerialofthethesisproposalinyourfinalBAthesisorcoursepaper.ContentsA.TitlepageThetitlepagecontainsashort,descriptivetitleoftheproposedresearchproject.Thetitleshouldbefairlyself-expl

6、anatory.Italsopresentstheauthor,institution,studentnumber,researchsupervisor,supervisor'sprofessionaltitle,anddateofdelivery.B.ThesisstatementThethesisstatementpresentsyourthesisinacoupleofsentences.Thisstatementcantaketheformofahypothesis,researchquestion,

7、projectstatement,orgoalstatement.Itshouldcapturetheessenceofyourintendedprojectandalsohelptoputboundariesaroundit.C.TableofcontentsThetableofcontentslistsallheadingsandsubheadingswithpagenumbers.Thesubheadingsshouldbeindented.D.SignificanceoftheresearchThis

8、sectionpresentsthereason(s)fortheresearch.Youshouldexplainwhyitissignificantandimportanttheoreticallyand/orempirically.Inotherwords,youshouldmakeclearwhatthetheoreticaland/orpracticalvalueofyourresearc