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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 1 硕士论文写作与学术规范 ThecomponentsofathesisTitleDedication Preface AcknowledgementsTableofContentsListofTablesListofFiguresAbstract Englishversion Chineseversion 7 Bodyofthethesis8 Bibliography References 9 Appendix Appendices 2 硕士论文写作与学术规范 ThebodyofathesisChapter1 One IntroductionChapter2 Two LiteratureReviewChapter3 Three ResearchDesign ResearchMethodology Chapter4 Four ResultsandDiscussionChapter5 Five Conclusion 3 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 4 硕士论文写作与学术规范 WritingstyleforthewholethesisDon tusecontractions suchascan t don t didn t wouldn t Theyshouldbewrittenascannot donot didnot wouldnotDon tusecolloquialwordsorexpressions suchasalittle what smore Usesuchwordsasslightly moreoverinstead Trynottowriteinthefirstorsecondperson toensuretheobjectivityofwhatyouarewriting Trytowritesentencesinthepassivevoiceinstead 5 硕士论文写作与学术规范 ThecomponentsofChapter3 Three AbriefdescriptionofwhatistobetalkedaboutWriteinseverallines 3 5lines totellthereaderwhatistobecoveredinthewholechaptertoavoidabruptness Thischapterfirstpresentstheresearchquestionsofthestudy followedbydetaileddescriptionsofthesubjectsselectedforthestudy instrumentsemployedintheresearch followedbyinformationabouttheexperimentalprocedureanddatacollection Thedescriptionofdataanalysisisgivenattheendofthechapter 6 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 7 硕士论文写作与学术规范 ThecomponentsofChapter3 Three 3 Subject s ParticipantsThissectionincludesinformationabout wheretheyarefrom whichschool whichdepartment collegeoruniversitytheyarefrom howmanyareselectedaltogetherhowoldtheyarehowmanymalesandhowmanyfemalesareselectedwhethertheyaredividedintogroups thecontrolgroupandtheexperimentalgroup 8 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 9 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 10 硕士论文写作与学术规范 ThecomponentsofChapter3 Three 4 Instrument s Thissectionincludesinformationabout howmanyinstrumentsareusedinyourstudyWhattheyaredetaineddescriptionsofeachoftheinstrumentsmentioneda ifpossible thenameoftheinstruments b differentpartsofeachinstrument detailedinformationabouteachpart butforaquestionnaire aninterviewandatest unnecessarytotabulateallthequestionsinthebodyofthethesis Instead youcanputthemintheAppendixpart 11 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 12 硕士论文写作与学术规范 ThecomponentsofChapter3 Three 5 ProcedureoftheexperimentIfyourstudyisanexperiment youshoulddescribetheexperimentindetail Suchinformationshouldbeincluded WheretheexperimentisconductedWhoistheorganizerHowlongtheexperimentlastsHowtheexperimentisconductedstepbystep themostimportantpart 13 硕士论文写作与学术规范 ThecomponentsofChapter3 Three 6 DatacollectionJusttellwho when whereandhowthedataarecollected Foraquestionnaire youshouldtellhowmanycopiesofthequestionnairearereturnedandhowmanyofthesearevalid Foraninterview youshouldalsotellhowmanyintervieweesareinvolved 14 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 15 硕士论文写作与学术规范 Chapter4 Four ResultsandDiscussiona Thischapteralsobeginswithabriefdescriptionofwhatistobetalkedabout Thelayoutofthischapterdependsonyourpreferenceoronconvenience Youcanfirstpresenttheresultsofalltheinstrumentsandthendiscusstheresults thatis 4 1Results 4 2Discussion Ofcourse youcansubdivide4 1Resultsinto4 1 1 4 1 2 etc Youcanalsopresenttheresultsanddiscussionoftheinstrumentsonebyone Thatis 4 1Resultanddiscussionoftheinterview 4 2Resultanddiscussionofthetest etc 16 硕士论文写作与学术规范 Chapter4 Four ResultsandDiscussionAcademicethicsa Donotmodify changeyourdatatogetexpectedresults b Rememberunexpectedresultsareresults andwhatyoushoulddonextistotrytoexplainthediscrepancy HowtotabulatetheSPSSoutputDonotpresentinyourthesisallthetablesoutputbySPSSDonotpresentalltheinformationofthetables Justtabulatetheimportantinformation suchasthemean s standarddeviation s meandifference thesignificancevalue etc 17 硕士论文写作与学术规范 Chapter4 Four ResultsandDiscussionc Explaineachofthefiguresinyourtables Donotprintthemifyoudonotwanttoexplainthem d Trytodiscussyourresults Iftheresultsarewhatyouhaveexpected findpossibleexplanations Ifnot alsotrytoexplainthem e Youcancitepreviousstudiestosupportyourself f Payattentiontothetenseofthesentences Chapter3andChapter4arethemostimportantpartsofathesis 18 硕士论文写作与学术规范 Chapter5 Five ConclusionThecomponentsofChapter5 Five abriefdescriptionofwhatistobetalkedaboutMajorfindingsImplicationsofthestudyLimitationsofthestudySuggestionsforfurther futurestudies 19 硕士论文写作与学术规范 Chapter5 Five ConclusionThecomponentsofChapter5 Five 2 MajorfindingsEnumeratethefindingsofyourstudy plusaverybriefsummaryofthesimilarityanddiscrepancybetweenyourstudyandpreviousstudies 20 硕士论文写作与学术规范 Chapter5 Five ConclusionThecomponentsofChapter5 Five 3 ImplicationsofthestudyThissectionindeedechoesonesectioninChapter1 i e significanceofthestudy Trytoelaborateontheimplicationsthatyourstudyhastheoretically methodologically orpedagogically 21 硕士论文写作与学术规范 Chapter5 Five Conclusio