11 Conclusion.pptVIP

Viva Oral Defence Viva Conclusion So you have finished the bulk of your thesis. Congratulations! - human beings/limited capacity to remember things - the reader may have forgotten/previous chapters - the last chapter/help reader refresh/review essential points - the last chapter: leave a deep impression/weighs more in determining the quality of your thesis Four major sections: 1) Major Findings 2) Limitations of the Present Study 3) Implications for ….(e.g. English Teaching and Learning) 4) Recommendations/Suggestions for Future Research Major Findings Integrative summary of the most important results, - - -- Two ways: ① to present them by research questions, i.e. briefly restate each question to save the reader’s trouble of turning back to earlier sections ② to list the most important findings without referring to individual questions, but follow the order of research questions Not to use jargon and statistics, but non-technical verbal account of major findings/short/brief - …may also report unexpected results… Limitations of the Present Study Limitations concerns those conditions that the researcher is supposed to meet but has had difficulty in implementing. The researcher should honestly inform the reader about them in this section. For example, - sample size is too small/not randomly selected - participants/volunteers - data collection, e.g. questionnaire retrieval rate is low - tests: English major-Band 4 Band 8, no index of reliability/validity … Implications for (English Teaching and Learning) - it is time for you to synthesize the implications to present your reader with a whole picture - to take a top-down approach, i. e. your overview the