硕士论文写作与学术规范

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Thecomponentsofathesis1.Title2.Dedication,Preface,Acknowledgements3.TableofContents4.ListofTables5.ListofFigures6.Abstract(Englishversion+Chineseversion)7.Bodyofthethesis8.Bibliography(References)9.Appendix(Appendices)’’硕士论文写作与学术规范ThebodyofathesisChapter1(One)IntroductionChapter2(Two)LiteratureReviewChapter3(Three)ResearchDesign(ResearchMethodology)Chapter4(Four)ResultsandDiscussionChapter5(Five)Conclusion’硕士论文写作与学术规范ThecomponentsofChapter3(Three)1.Abriefdescriptionofwhatistobetalkedabout2.Researchquestions(Hypotheses)3.Subject(s)/Participants4.Instrument(s)5.Procedureoftheexperiment6.Datacollection7.Dataanalysis’’硕士论文写作与学术规范Writingstyleforthewholethesis1.Don’tusecontractions,suchascan’t,don’t,didn’t,wouldn’t.Theyshouldbewrittenascannot,donot,didnot,wouldnot2.Don’tusecolloquialwordsorexpressions,suchasalittle,what’smore.Usesuchwordsasslightly,moreoverinstead.3.Trynottowriteinthefirstorsecondperson,toensuretheobjectivityofwhatyouarewriting.Trytowritesentencesinthepassivevoiceinstead.’’硕士论文写作与学术规范ThecomponentsofChapter3(Three)1.AbriefdescriptionofwhatistobetalkedaboutWriteinseverallines(3—5lines)totellthereaderwhatistobecoveredinthewholechaptertoavoidabruptness.Thischapterfirstpresentstheresearchquestionsofthestudy,followedbydetaileddescriptionsofthesubjectsselectedforthestudy,instrumentsemployedintheresearch,followedbyinformationabouttheexperimentalprocedureanddatacollection.Thedescriptionofdataanalysisisgivenattheendofthechapter.’’硕士论文写作与学术规范ThecomponentsofChapter3(Three)2.Researchquestions(Hypotheses)a.Researchquestionsareformulatedineithergeneral(yes/no)questionsorspecialquestions(wh-questions).b.Don’tusetheword“whether”tobeginaresearchquestion;c.ForanM.A.thesis,twoorthreeresearchquestionsareenough.Don’ttrytoanswertoomanyquestions.d.Somequestionslistedbystudentsarenotresearchquestions,esp.bystudentswhointendtodocorpusresearch.(Whatarethepossiblecausesfortheerrorsmadebythesubjects?)’’硕士论文写作与学术规范ThecomponentsofChapter3(Three)3.Subject(s)/ParticipantsThissectionincludesinformationabout:a.wheretheyarefrom(whichschool,whichdepartment,collegeoruniversitytheyarefrom)b.howmanyareselectedaltogetherc.howoldtheyared.howmanymalesandhowmanyfemalesareselectede.whethertheyaredividedintogroups(thecontrolgroupandtheexperimentalgroup)’’硕士论文写作与学术规范ThecomponentsofChapter3(Three)3.Subject(s)/ParticipantsRemember:a.Whentherearedifferentsubjectsatthedifferentphasesofyourstudy,youcanusesub-sectionstotellthereaderaboutthedifferentsubjectgroups,e.g.3.1,3.2,3.3.b.Usemainlythepasttensec.Limitedtoinformationaboutthesubjectsonlyd.Trytouseformalandgrammaticalsentencestructuresa)大一、大二、大三、大四学生：first-year,second-year,third-year,fourth-yearcollegestudents(freshmen,sophomores,juniors,seniors)Don’tusesuchwordsasGrade1,Grade2,Grade3,Grade4.’’硕士论文写作与学术规范ThecomponentsofChapter3(Three)3.Subject(s)/Participantsb)…专业的学生majorsof…/studentsmajoringin…计算机专业的学生majorsofcomputerscience/studentsmajoringincomputerscience;非英语专业的学生non-EnglishmajorsAtthetimeofthesurvey/theexperiment,theiragerangedfrom…to…,withtheaveragebeing….thefirstsemesteroftheirfirst/second/third/fourthacademicyear.Ofthe60subjects,35aremaleand25arefemale.Theywereenrolledin…Universityin2011.’’硕士论文写作与学术规范ThecomponentsofChapter3(Three)4.Instrument(s)Thissectionincludesinformationabout:a.howmanyinstrumentsareusedinyourstudyb.Whattheyarec.detaineddescriptionsofeachoftheinstrumentsmentioneda)ifpossible,thenameoftheinstruments;b)differentpartsofeachinstrument+detailedinformationabouteachpart,butforaquestionnaire,aninterviewandatest,unnecessarytotabulateallthequestionsinthebodyofthethesis.Instead,youcanputthemintheAppendixpart.’’硕士论文写作与学术规范ThecomponentsofChapter3(Three)4.Instrument(s)Remember:a.Youcanusesub-sectionstotellthereaderaboutthedifferentinstruments,e.g.3.3.1,3.3.2,3.3.3.b.Choosethepropertenseaccordingtowhatyouaretowritec.Limitedtoinformationabouttheinstrumentsonlyd.Trytouseformalandgrammaticalsentencestructures.e.Instrumentsthatcanbeused:questionnaires,interviews,tests,think-aloud,etc.We’llfirstlearnaboutquestionnairesandinterviews.硕士论文写作与学术规范ThecomponentsofChapter3(Three)5.ProcedureoftheexperimentIfyourstudyisanexperiment,youshoulddescribetheexperimentindetail.Suchinformationshouldbeincluded:a.Wheretheexperimentisconductedb.Whoistheorganizerc.Howlongtheexperimentlastsd.Howtheexperimentisconductedstepbystep---themostimportantpart’’硕士论文写作与学术规范ThecomponentsofChapter3(Three)6.DatacollectionJusttellwho,when,whereandhowthedataarecollected.Foraquestionnaire,youshouldtellhowmanycopiesofthequestionnairearereturnedandhowmanyofthesearevalid.Foraninterview,youshouldalsotellhowmanyintervieweesareinvolved.’’硕士论文写作与学术规范ThecomponentsofChapter3(Three)7.Dataanalysis“AllthedatawereinputintoacomputerandanalyzedviaSPSS16.0”.Thenyoushouldspecifywhatstatisticalprocedure(s)areusedtoseewhether……ThestatisticalproceduresincludeT-tests,ANOVAs,chi-square,etc.’’硕士论文写作与学术规范Chapter4(Four)ResultsandDiscussiona.Thischapteralsobeginswithabriefdescriptionofwhatistobetalkedabout.b.Thelayou