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硕士论文写作与学术规范语言学与应用语言学方向硕士论文写作与学术规范The

components

of

a

thesisTitleDedication,

Preface,

AcknowledgementsTable

of

ContentsList

of

TablesList

of

FiguresAbstract

(English

version

+Chinese

versio7.

Body

of

the

thesis8.

Bibliography

(References)9.

Appendix

(Appendices)’硕士论文写作与学术规范The

body

of

a

thesisChapter

1

(One)

IntroductionChapter

2

(Two)

Literature

ReviewChapter

3

(Three)

Research

Design(Research

Methodo’logy)Chapter

4

(Four)

Results

and

DiscussionChapter

5

(Five)

Conclusion硕士论文写作与学术规范The

components

of

Chapter

3

(Three)A

brief

description

of

what

is

to

be

talkaboutResearch

questions

(Hypotheses)Subject

(s)/

Part’icipantsInstrument

(s)Procedure

of

the

experimentData

collectionData

analysis硕士论文写作与学术规范Writing

style

for

the

whole

thesisDon’t

use

contractions,

such

as

can’t

,don’t

,didn’t

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use

colloquial

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instead.Try

not

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first

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ensure

the

objectivity

of

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to

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instead.’硕士论文写作与学术规范The

components

of

Chapter

3

(Three)A

brief

description

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what

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talkedaboutWrite

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to

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reader

what

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covered

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avoid

abruptness.•This

chapter

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the

researchquestions

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detaileddescriptions

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about the

experimental

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anddata

collection.

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description

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data

analysisgiven

at

the

end

of

the

chapter.’硕士论文写作与学术规范The

components

of

Chapter

3

(Three)2.

Research

questions

(Hypotheses)Research

questions

are

formulated

in

eithergeneral

(yes/no)

questions

or

special

questions

(wquestions).Don’t

use

the

word’“whether”

to

begin

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question;For

an

M.A.

thesis,

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three

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to

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questions.Some

questions

listed

by

students

are

notresearch

questions,

esp.

by

students

who

intend

todo

corpus

research.

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are

the

possible

causesfor

the

errors

made

by

the

subjects?)硕士论文写作与学术规范The

components

of

Chapter

3

(Three)3.

Subject

(s)/

ParticipantsThis

section

includes

information

about:where

they

are

from

(which

school,

whichdepartment,

college

or

university

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are

from)’how

many

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old

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how

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they

are

divided

into

groups

(the

controlgroup

and

the

experimental

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components

of

Chapter

3

(Three)3.

Subject

(s)/

ParticipantsRemember:When

there

are

different

subjects

at

the

different

phayour

study,

you

can

use

sub-sections

to

tell

the

reader

abthe

different

subject

grou’ps,

e.g.

3.1,

3.2,

3.3.Use

mainly

the

past

tenseLimited

to

information

about

the

subjects

onlyTry

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formal

and

grammatical

sentence

structures大一、大二、大三、大四学生：first-year,second-yethird-year,fourth-year

college

students(freshmen,sophomores,juniors,seniors)Don’t

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such

words

asGrade

1,Grade

2,Grade

3,Grade

4.硕士论文写作与学术规范The

components

of

Chapter

3

(Three)3.

Subject

(s)/

Participantsb)…专业的学生

majors

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experiment,

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age

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to

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with

the

average

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their

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the

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male

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are

female.They

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enrolled

in

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in

2011.’硕士论文写作与学术规范The

components

of

Chapter

3

(Three)4.

Instrument

(s)This

section

includes

information

about:how

many

instruments

are

used

in

your

studyWhat

they

aredetained

descriptions

of

each

of

the

instrumentsmentioneda)

if

possible,

the

name

of

the

instruments;b)

different

parts

of

each

instrument+

detaileinformation

about

each

part,

but

for

a

questionnaian

interview

and

a

test,

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to

tabulate

althe

questions

in

the

body

of

the

thesis.

Instead,

ycan

put

them

in

the

Appendix

part.’硕士论文写作与学术规范The

components

of

Chapter

3

(Three)4.

Instrument(s)Remember:You

can

use

sub-sections

to

tell

the

reader

abouthe

different

instruments,

e.g.

3.3.1,

3.3.2,

3.3.Choose

the

proper

tense

according

to

what

youare

to

writeLimited

to

information

about

the

instruments

onTry

to

use

formal

and

grammatical

sentencestructures.Instruments

that

can

be

used:

questionnaires,

intervitests,

think-aloud,

etc.

We’ll

first

learn

about

questiand

interviews.硕士论文写作与学术规范The

components

of

Chapter

3

(Three)5.

Procedure

of

the

experimentIf

your

study

is

an

experiment,

you

shouldescribe

the

experiment

in

detail.

Suchinformation

should

be

included

:’Where

the

experiment

is

conductedWho

is

the

organizerHow

long

the

experiment

lastsHow

the

experiment

is

conducted

step

bystep---

the

most

important

part硕士论文写作与学术规范The

components

of

Chapter

3

(Three)6.

Data

collectionJust

tell

who,

when,

where

and

how

thedata

are

collected.’For

a

questionnaire,

yoshould

tell

how

many

copies

of

thequestionnaire

are

returned

and

how

many

ofthese

are

valid.

For

an

interview,

you

shoulalso

tell

how

many

interviewees

are

involve硕士论文写作与学术规范The

components

of

Chapter

3

(Three)7.

Data

analysis“All

the

data

were

input

into

a

computerand

analyzed

via

SPSS16.0”.

Then

youshould

specify

what

statistical

procedure(are

used

to

see

whether

…

…The

statistical

procedures

include

T-teANOVAs,

chi-square,

etc.’硕士论文写作与学术规范Chapter

4

(Four)

Results

and

Discussiona.

This

chapter

also

begins

with

a

brief

descriptiowhat

is

to

be

talked

about.The

layout

of

this

chapter

depends

on

yourpreference

or

on

convenience.

You

can

first

presenthe

results

of

all

the

i﹑’nstruments

and

then

discussthe

results,

that

is,

4.1

Results,

4.2

Discussion.course,

you

can

subdivide

4.1

Results

into

4.1.1,4.1.2,

etc.You

can

also

present

the

results

and

discussionof

the

instruments

one

by

one.

That

is,

4.1

Resultand

discussion

of

the

interview,

4.2

Result

anddiscussion

of

the

test,

etc.硕士论文写作与学术规范Chapter

4

(Four)

Results

and

DiscussionAcademic

ethicsDo

not

modify/change

your

data

to

get

expectedresults.Remember

unexpected

results

are

results,

andwhat

you

should

do

next

is

to

try

to

explain

thediscrepancy.How

to

tabulate

the

SPSS

outputDo

not

present

in

your

thesis

all

the

tables

outpuSPSSDo

not

present

all

the

information

of

the

tables.tabulate

the

important

information,

such

as

themean(s),

standard

deviation(s),

mean

difference,significance

value,

etc.﹑’硕士论文写作与学术规范Chapter

4

(Four)

Results

and

DiscussionExplain

each

of

the

figures

in

your

tables.

Do

noprint

them

if

you

do

not

want

to

explain

them.Try

to

discuss

your

results.

If

the

results

are

wyou

have

expected,

find

possible

explanations.

Ifalso

try

to

explain

the﹑m’.You

can

cite

previous

studies

to

support

yourselPay

attention

to

the

tense

of

the

sentences.Chapter

3

and

Chapter

4

are

the

most

importantparts

of

a

thesis.硕士论文写作与学术规范Chapter

5

(Five)

ConclusionThe

components

of

Chapter

5

(Five)a

brief

description

of

what

is

to

be

talkedaboutMajor

findingsImplications

of

the

studyLimitations

of

the

studySuggestions

for

further/future

studies’硕士论文写作与学术规范Chapter

5

(Five)

ConclusionThe

components

of

Chapter

5

(Five)2.

Major

findingsEnumerate

the

findings

of

your

study,

plua

very

brief

summary’of

the

similarity

anddiscrepancy

between

your

study

and

previousstudies.硕士论文写作与学术规范Chapter

5

(Five)

ConclusionThe

components

of

Chapter

5

(Five)3.

Implications

of

the

studyThis

section

indeed

echoes

one

section

iChapter

1,

i.e.

sign’ificance

of

the

study.

Telaborate

on

the

implications