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Dissertation Writing for English Major BA Fall Term, 2011 Instructor: Han Bing/ Birdie Course hours: Tuesday 8:00 – 9:50 10:00-11:50 Office hours: by email appointment on Thursday (ENGLISH PLEASE) Birdiehan@163.com QQ: 996883214 DESCERIPTION This course will introduce basic knowledge of dissertation writing and provide practical opportunities for senior English-major learners to fulfill their BA study. Based on the requirement of English Major BA graduation, we will systematically and logically learn academic genre/styles, reference reading (critical) summary writing, research direction introduction research question selection, dissertation format introduction, dissertation writing, qualitative and qualitative research methodology in dissertation writing. Additionally, in order to stretch out a clear further study plan, students will get familiar of academic research in various research directions via this intensive 8-week study. *This course intentionally serves for BA graduation writing need of English Major. OBJECTIVITIES *To enhance academic writing as an advanced and independent senior learners of English major. *To get a holistic understanding of dissertation writing for short-term and long-term study need. * To prepare for BA dissertation and presentation. REQUIRED TEXTBOOKS *《英语专业毕业论文写作》穆诗雄等 外语教学与研究出版社2002/2009 (Chinese version) 《英语学位论文写作教程》 黄国文 M. Ghadessy 高等教育出版社 2008 (English version) RECOMMENDED　BOOKS 《应用语言学研究方法与论文写作》文秋芳等 外语教学与研究出版社 2004/2010 《英语论文写作入门教程》 高恩光 戴建东等 清华大学出版社 北京交通大学出版社 [北京] 2008 《英语写作手册》丁往道等 外语教学与研究 2009/2010 RECOMMENDED ACADEMIC BOOKS for (LANGUAGE SOCIETY) SOCIOLINGUISTICS 《社会语言学》Fasold, R. 外语教学与研究出版社 布莱克韦尔出版社 2000/2007 《社会语言学与语言教学》McKay, S.L. Hornberger, M.H. 上海外语教育出版社 2001/2005 《社会语言学》赵蓉辉 上海外语教育出版社 2005/2006 《社会语言学》 Spolsky, B. 上海外语教育出版社 2000/2008 Norton, B. (2000).Identity and Language Learning: gender, ethnicity and educational change. Pearson Education Limited. 《社会语言学与英语教学》谢徐萍 东南大学出版社 2010 RECOMMENED ACAD