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This book is designed to raise students' awareness of the linguistic features of a postgraduate dissertation/thesis written in English. It deals primarily with the linguistic aspects of extended pieces of writing, placing great emphasis on the writer's responsibility for the readability of the text. Each of the features introduced is illustrated through examples taken from authentic writing at the appropriate level. In addition, each chapter has a number of tasks to help students put into practice the skills that have been introduced.

This book is mainly designed to help research students whose first language is not English, but it should also prove useful to native speakers of English, many of whom lack extensive experience of writing at this level. It can be used as a textbook for postgraduate students on a dissertation/thesis writing course, and may also be used as a self-study guide since an annotated answer key is provided for all the tasks.

This book takes a realistic approach to helping students who may find the extended writing required at postgraduate level a daunting task; although it provides ample opportunities for practice, it does not expect students to produce extensive writing beyond that required for their degree.

Linda Cooley is the co-ordinator of the postgraduate English programmes run by the English Centre for the Graduate School at the University of Hong Kong. She specializes in teaching writing at postgraduate level and has designed discipline-specific dissertation writing courses for students in real estate and construction, education, dentistry and business.

Jo Lewkowicz is an associate professor in the English Centre at the University of Hong Kong, where she teaches on the MA in Applied Linguistics and on the Graduate School's dissertation writing course. Her research interests include language testing, programme evaluation and postgraduate literacy and she has published extensively in all three areas.

Dissertation Writing in Practice: Turning Ideas into Text
Introduction
1. Identifying the Research Gap
Writing an Introduction: Main Steps
Writing an Introduction: Additional Steps
Writing an Introduction: Language Features
Tense
Vocabulary
Reviewing the Literature
Key Features of a Literature Review
The Literature Review: An Additional Feature
Hypotheses and Research Questions
Bringing It All Together
Introducing Academic Papers
Further Advice
Follow-up Tasks
2. Making Use of Source Materials
Reasons for Referring
Methods of Referring
Referring to Sources: Language Features
Choice of verb
Adjectives and adverbs
Verb tense
Criticising others
Bringing It All Together
Use of Sources in Academic Papers
Further Advice
Follow-up Tasks
3. Stating Facts, Interpreting Data and Making Claims
Stating Facts
Stating Facts: Language Features
Describing actions
Referring to tables and figures
Interpreting Data and Making Claims
Interpreting Data and Making Claims: Language Features
Hedging Devices
Combing Facts and Claims
Making Claims throughout the Dissertation
Acknowledging Limitations
Bringing It All Together
Hedging in Academic Papers
Follow-up Tasks
4. Drawing to a Close
Writing a Conclusion: Main Steps
Writing a Conclusion: Additional Steps
Writing a Conclusion: Language Features
Subordination
Writing the Abstract
Length of an Abstract
Writing an Abstract: Language Features
Tense
Bringing It All Together
Concluding Academic Papers and Writing Abstracts
Follow-up Tasks
5. Structuring and Signposting
Structuring the Dissertation
Signposting
Titles as Signposts
Subtitles as Signposts
Signposting: Hierarchical Organisation of Text
Signposting within Text
Summaries as Signposts
Signposting: Language Features
Bringing It All Together
Signposting in Academic Papers
Further Advice
Follow-up Tasks
6. The Final Touches
Creating Cohesive Text
Cohesive Text: Information Structure
Cohesive Text: Vocabulary Choice
Cohesive Text: More on Vocabulary
Use of synonyms
Sentence connectors
Cohesive Text: Pronoun reference
Stylistic Factors to Consider
Paragraph length
Sentence length and complexity
Checklist
Bringing It All Together
Follow-up Task
Answer Key
Sources
Index
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