Thesis and Dissertation Writing in a Second Language: a handbook for Supervisors

The context of theses and dissertations
Table 1.1 (see p.8) is an analysis of the social and cultural context of theses
and dissertations based on this set of questions. This table shows the range of
factors that impact on how a student’s text is written, how it will be read and,
importantly, how it will be assessed.
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Applications
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Ask your student to consider the following in relation to their the-
sis or dissertation. To what extent do these factors influence what
they write and how they write it?
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the institutional setting of the text;
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the focus and perspective of the text;
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the intended audience for the text.

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