高教社英语学位论文写作教程教学课件CHAPTER6.pptVIP

HowtoWriteaDissertationInEnglish黄国文M.Ghadessy高等教育出版社

Introduction6.1Thethesisstatement6.2Theresearchquestion6.3Theresearchmethod6.4Chapter6Prewriting(3):ThesisFormulationandResearchQuestionsSummary6.5Exercises6.6

6.1IntroductionHowtowriteadissertationinEnglishThischapterwilldealwiththeideaofthesisformulationanditsrelationshipwiththeresearchquestion(s)underlyingtheresearch.Thechoiceofresearchmethodwillalsobediscussed.Notethatthemeaningofthewordthesisinthesisformulationorthesisstatementisdifferentfromthemeaningofthewordwhenitisusedasasynonymofdissertationorpaper(seeSection1.2inChapter1).Intheformercase,asisdefinedbytheCobuildEnglish-ChineseDictionary(p.2034),“athesisisanideaortheorythatisexpressedasastatementandisdiscussedinalogicalway”.Bycontrast,inthelattercase,athesisis“alongpieceofwriting,basedonyourownideasandresearchthatyoudoaspartofauniversitydegree”.SotheChinesetranslationofthesisinthesisformulationorthesisstatementis“论点”,whiletheChinesetranslationinthelattercaseis“论文”.Thesisformulationandthesisstatementare“论点形成”and“论点陈述”inChineserespectively.6.16.26.36.46.56.6

6.2ThethesisstatementHowtowriteadissertationinEnglishInChapter5,wetalkedaboutthereadingoftherelevantliteratureandthemethodsofgettinginformationrelatedtoyourresearch.Wealsoadvisedyouabouthowtoreadtheliteratureandhowtodiscoverquestionsandproblems.Thepreliminaryreadingoftheinformation,theexaminationofthesourceswhereyouhaveobtainedusefulinformation,yourattemptstonarrowdownyourresearchtopic,andyourdiscussionwithyourtutorwillnowenableyoutoformulateathesisstatement.Athesisstatement,alsocalledthestatementoftheproblem,orthethesissentence,usuallystatesorsuggeststheresearchsubjectorthemaintopic.Makingth