5-3 Tesis Organization.ppt

5.3 The Organization of a Thesis CONTENTS 5.3.1 The structure of a thesis 5.3.2 The contents of a thesis 5.3 The Organization of a Thesis 5.3.1 The structure of a thesis A thesis consists of three major components: A. beginning B. body C. ending 5.3 The Organization of a Thesis The beginning part generally includes: (1) Title page (2) Acknowledgements (3) Abstract in English (with Key Words) (4) Abstract in Chinese (with Key Words) (5) Table of contents (6) List of tables (7) List of figures 5.3 The Organization of a Thesis The body part and the ending part may vary in components according to the disciplines under discussion. Generally speaking, research projects for English majors fall into three categories according to the format and components of the thesis: A. Applied linguistics B. Literary criticism C. Theoretical linguistics, translation studies, and cross-cultural communication, etc. 5.3 The Organization of a Thesis The body part of a research paper in applied linguistics (especially for empirical studies) generally consists of the following components: (1) Introduction (2) Problems to Be Addressed (3) Methodology (or: Instruments and Methods) (4) Results and Analysis (5) Discussion 5.3 The Organization of a Thesis The body part of a research paper in theoretical linguistics, translation studies, cross-cultural communication and literary criticism generally consists of the following components: (1) Introduction (2) Literature review (3) Analysis of the issue under discussion (4) Conclusion 5.3 The Organization of a Thesis The ending part of a research paper in applied linguistics, theoretical linguistics, translation studies, generally includes (1) Notes (i.e. Endnotes) (2) References (3) Appendices 5.3 The Organization of a Thesis The ending part of a research paper in literary criticism generally consists of (1) Notes (often in endnotes), and (2) Works Cited. 5.3 The Organization of a Thesis 5.3.2 The contents of a thesis A. Beginning Pa