深圳大学学科英语SLA Assignment.docVIP

DesmondAllison:September1999.

SLAAssignment

INTRODUCTORYCOURSETOSSECONDLANGUAGEACQUISITIONFORMASTERSOFENGLISHEUDCATIONPROGRAM

GuidelinesfortheTermAssignment，Spring2013

DEPARTMENTOFENGLISHEDUCATION

NORMALCOLLEGE,

Thecurrentassignmentrequiresyoutowriteapaperbasedonwhatyouhavelearnedfromthecourse.Youhavetolookbackcontentswehavegonethroughandtospecifyaresearchtopicforthepaper.

PreparingandwritingacademicpapersbasedonthecourselecturesareamajorcomponentleadingtothecompletionofyourMasterofEnglishEducationstudies.Itisnecessaryforthispurposetothinkseriouslyaboutperspectives,issues,points,componentandthewayofyourdescriptiveterm-paper.

Inpreparingandwritingtheirassignments,youarerequiredtofollowthepreciseformatoftheseguidelines.Consultingtheseshortguidelinesshouldstillhelpyoutoensurethatyourownpaperwillclearlyfollowthepossibleheadingsandsuggestedcontentsforsectionsofthepaper.

Atthemoment,Iamalsoconfusedaboutthenon-standardisedoperationfortheprogramintermsofassignmentassessment,andexplicitguidelinesforthepaperstobesubmitted.Iamnotsurewhetherotherprofessorsandlecturersprovideyouaguidelineofthisnaturetofollowornotfortheends.Thoseprestigiousuniversitiesoverseasinthefielddoprovidetheirstudentsexplicitinstructionsfortheassignments.

Titleprovidingsufficientandspecificfocusforthepaper.

Aimsoftheresearch.Thisintroductorysectionmustclearlysetoutoneortworesearchquestion(s)tobeaddressedinthestudy.

Rationaleandjustificationoftheresearch.Thissectionshouldpresentthetheoreticalbackgroundandclearlyestablishitsrelationtotheproposedstudy.Youshouldaimtojustifytheproposedresearchwithreferencetoexistingknowledge,belieforpractice,includingrelevantresearchthatalreadyexistsonthetopic.Reviewingoftheexisti