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    THE THESIS WRITING PROCESS

    TEOH SWEE AI ACADEMY OF LANGUAGE STUDIES

    READING
    Read to explore the field - certain aspects of a topic may interest you more than others and can generate research ideas. Skim Introduction & Conclusion to determine relevance. The works cited can lead you to more reference materials. Keep an inventory of everything that you have read.

    QUESTIONS TO ASK
    What concepts &/or theories are used? Where & when was the study conducted? Which research paradigm/methodology is used? What is used as data/evidence? Can the data be interpreted in other ways to arrive at different conclusions?

    WRITING
    Write summaries or short reactions to everything you read. Take note of ideas (either completely original or triggered by your reading). Make links between ideas groups of ideas can form sub-sections. Writing right from the beginning gives you something to copy & paste into your thesis.

    TIPS
    Look at successful theses that have been produced within your discipline, Talk with your supervisor, Look at theses that have used similar research designs to the one you want to use, whatever discipline they might be from.

    BE IN CONTROL!
    List tasks that you need to do, e.g., meetings with supervisor, books you need to read, articles you need to find. Write to keep track of your research activities useful when writing up the Methods chapter.

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