Doing a Master's Dissertation in TESOL and Applied Linguistics

Doing a Master’s Dissertation in TESOL and Applied Linguistics is a practical guide for master’s students tackling research and research writing for the first time. Structured for use in class or as part of an independent study, and divided into the four stages of designing, researching, writing up and submitting a dissertation, this book:

  • carefully guides readers from the very beginning of producing a research proposal, all the way through to assessment procedures and the provisions for resubmission;

  • covers publishing your dissertation and applying for higher research degrees, including funding;

  • addresses all the most fundamental concerns students have about master’s dissertations, including how to choose a topic and conducting a literature review;

  • draws upon examples from master’s dissertations from the UK, US and Australia and provides numerous ‘how-to’ tables and checklists; and

  • includes activities and resources to facilitate master’s research and dissertation writing, as well as FAQs and solutions at the end of each chapter.

Tailormade for MA students in TESOL or Applied Linguistics, this book is essential reading for students on these degrees around the world as well as for their supervisors and programme directors.

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Doing a Master's Dissertation in TESOL and Applied Linguistics

Doing a Master’s Dissertation in TESOL and Applied Linguistics is a practical guide for master’s students tackling research and research writing for the first time. Structured for use in class or as part of an independent study, and divided into the four stages of designing, researching, writing up and submitting a dissertation, this book:

  • carefully guides readers from the very beginning of producing a research proposal, all the way through to assessment procedures and the provisions for resubmission;

  • covers publishing your dissertation and applying for higher research degrees, including funding;

  • addresses all the most fundamental concerns students have about master’s dissertations, including how to choose a topic and conducting a literature review;

  • draws upon examples from master’s dissertations from the UK, US and Australia and provides numerous ‘how-to’ tables and checklists; and

  • includes activities and resources to facilitate master’s research and dissertation writing, as well as FAQs and solutions at the end of each chapter.

Tailormade for MA students in TESOL or Applied Linguistics, this book is essential reading for students on these degrees around the world as well as for their supervisors and programme directors.

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Doing a Master's Dissertation in TESOL and Applied Linguistics

Doing a Master's Dissertation in TESOL and Applied Linguistics

by Lindy Woodrow
Doing a Master's Dissertation in TESOL and Applied Linguistics
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Doing a Master's Dissertation in TESOL and Applied Linguistics

Doing a Master's Dissertation in TESOL and Applied Linguistics

by Lindy Woodrow

Overview

Doing a Master’s Dissertation in TESOL and Applied Linguistics is a practical guide for master’s students tackling research and research writing for the first time. Structured for use in class or as part of an independent study, and divided into the four stages of designing, researching, writing up and submitting a dissertation, this book:

  • carefully guides readers from the very beginning of producing a research proposal, all the way through to assessment procedures and the provisions for resubmission;

  • covers publishing your dissertation and applying for higher research degrees, including funding;

  • addresses all the most fundamental concerns students have about master’s dissertations, including how to choose a topic and conducting a literature review;

  • draws upon examples from master’s dissertations from the UK, US and Australia and provides numerous ‘how-to’ tables and checklists; and

  • includes activities and resources to facilitate master’s research and dissertation writing, as well as FAQs and solutions at the end of each chapter.

Tailormade for MA students in TESOL or Applied Linguistics, this book is essential reading for students on these degrees around the world as well as for their supervisors and programme directors.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781138587281
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Publication date: 10/17/2019
Pages: 266
Product dimensions: 6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

About the Author

Lindy Woodrow is Honorary Senior Lecturer in TESOL at the University of Sydney, Australia.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

List of tables

List of figures

Chapter 1 Introduction Part I Project design

Chapter 2 Choosing a topic

Chapter 3 Reviewing the literature

Chapter 4 Methodological approach Chapter 5 The dissertation proposal

Chapter 6 Supervisors and supervision

Part II The research procedure

Chapter 7 Data collection

Chapter 8 Data analysis

Part III Writing the dissertation

Chapter 9 General writing guidelines

Chapter 10 Writing the literature review chapter

Chapter 11 writing the methodology chapter

Chapter 12 Writing the results and discussion chapters

Chapter 13 Beginning and ending the dissertation Part IV Dissertation submission

Chapter 14 The finishing touches

Chapter 15 The examination and beyond

Chapter 16 Resources

Glossary

Index

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