Doing a Master's Dissertation in TESOL and Applied Linguistics

<p><em>Doing a Master’s Dissertation in TESOL and Applied Linguistics</em> 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:</p><ul> <p> </p> <li>carefully guides readers from the very beginning of producing a research proposal, all the way through to assessment procedures and the provisions for resubmission;</li> <p> </p> <li>covers publishing your dissertation and applying for higher research degrees, including funding;</li> <p> </p> <li>addresses all the most fundamental concerns students have about master’s dissertations, including how to choose a topic and conducting a literature review;</li> <p> </p> <li>draws upon examples from master’s dissertations from the UK, US and Australia and provides numerous ‘how-to’ tables and checklists; and</li> <p> </p> <li>includes activities and resources to facilitate master’s research and dissertation writing, as well as FAQs and solutions at the end of each chapter. </li> </ul><p>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.</p> <p>Acknowledgments</p><p>List of tables </p><p>List of figures </p><p>Chapter 1 Introduction Part I Project design </p><p>Chapter 2 Choosing a topic </p><p>Chapter 3 Reviewing the literature </p><p>Chapter 4 Methodological approach Chapter 5 The dissertation proposal </p><p>Chapter 6 Supervisors and supervision </p><p>Part II The research procedure </p><p>Chapter 7 Data collection </p><p>Chapter 8 Data analysis </p><p>Part III Writing the dissertation</p><p>Chapter 9 General writing guidelines </p><p>Chapter 10 Writing the literature review chapter </p><p>Chapter 11 writing the methodology chapter </p><p>Chapter 12 Writing the results and discussion chapters </p><p>Chapter 13 Beginning and ending the dissertation Part IV Dissertation submission</p><p>Chapter 14 The finishing touches </p><p>Chapter 15 The examination and beyond </p><p>Chapter 16 Resources </p><p>Glossary </p><p>Index </p>