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

Application: thesis types
Ask your student to look at the summary of thesis types shown in Box
5.5. Which of these would most suit their thesis? Why?
embarking on thesis and dissertation writing are likely to have seen many of
these kinds of texts before they start writing. Thus, what to experienced
researchers and supervisors might seem common knowledge, to a great num-
ber of their students, perhaps, is not.
Application: sections of a thesis
Ask your student to find a thesis in their university library with a simi-
lar research perspective to their own. Ask them to examine the way the
thesis is divided up into sections, as well as considering the function
each of these sections performs in the overall goal of the thesis.