《学术论文写作》课程考试卷

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1、Finalexampaperforthecourseofacademicpaperwriting1stterm,academicyearof2010-2011COURSENO.:063W13A00Name:___________________Student’sNo.:___________________Examiner:WangHongyangScore:___________________NINGBOUNIVERSITYBAThesisProposal(forEnglishMajors)ProposalTitle:___________________________________

2、________________________1.ResearchQuestions(General&Specific)1)Withinthisarea,whatwouldyouliketoinvestigate?Pleaseincludeatleastonepossibleresearchquestionhere;and2)Whatareyourreasonsforchoosingthisproposedresearchproject?(Thesemightbetheoretical,professionalorboth.)Giveashortsummaryontheresearchto

3、picthatyouhaveidentified-notmorethanonepage.Focusonthenew,currentandrelevantaspectsofyourtopic.Remember,themostimportantaspectofaresearchproposalisclarityontheresearchtopic.Youshouldchooseatopicwhichcanbeinvestigatedthroughappropriateandvalidmethodsandforwhichresearchmaterialisavailable.Yourgreates

4、tchallengemightbenarrowingthetopicdown.Thischallengeoftenoccurswithtopicsthatarestillrelativelyunfamiliar.Doalotofgeneralreading,and,ifpossible,discussyourtopicwithyoursupervisor.2.RelatedWorks3/3Itcanalsobetitledas‘Reviewofresearchliterature’.Giveashortandpreciseoverviewaboutthecurrentstateofresea

5、rchthatisimmediatelyconnectedwithyourownresearchproject.Namethemostimportantcontributionsofotheracademics.Theproposalshouldcontainaclearandlogicaldiscussionofthetheoreticalscopeoroftheframeworkofideasthatwillbeusedtobacktheresearch.Theproposalneedstoshowthatyouarefullyconversantwiththeideasyouarede

6、alingwithandthatyougrasptheirmethodologicalimplications.Yourresearchreviewshouldindicateanopenproblemwhichthenwillbethemotiveforyourproject.Stateclearlyhowyourownresearchwillcontributetotheexistingresearch.1.ResearchMethodology/DesignYoushouldgivedetailedinformationaboutyourintendedresearchprocedur

7、eduringthegiventime.Anyonewhoreadsyourproposalwillwanttoknow1)thetheoreticalframeworkofyourresearch,2)thescopeofresearchsubjects(e.g.,students,linguisticfeatures,pragmaticstrategies,socialissues),3)thesourc