普通高等教育“十一五”国家级规划教材：英语专业毕业论文写作教程（第2版）

　　Chapter 1  Introduction:What is graduation thesis for BA?
　　Chapter 2  Choosing a topic:Writing about linguistics and TEFL
　　Chapter 3  Choosing a topic:Writing about literature and translation studies
　　Chapter 4  Reviewing related literature and evaluating materials
　　Chapter 5  Organizing ideas and writing the outline
　　Chapter 6  Writing the first draft
　　Chapter 7  Revising and editing
　　Chapter 8  Documentation:citing and listing sources
　　Chapter 9  Writing the abstract
　　Chapter 10  Preparing for the final draft and oral defense
　　Bibilography
　　Appendices
　　Appendix A  Guidelines for writing graduation thesis
　　Appendix B  Guidelines for scoring graduation thesis
　　Appendix C  Sample graduation theses

　　田贵森，Professor of English and Linguistics at School of Foreign Languages and Literatures，Beijing Normal University.He graduated from Hebei Normal University majoring in English Education in 1976.He later received his MA in English at the College of Staten Island，City University of New York in 1991.He got his Ph.D.in linguistics at Peking University in 1997.He has been offering ‘Writing Graduation Thesis“，”Academic Writing，“Research Methods for TEFL”，and “Sociolinguistics”in the past 8 years.His main interest of research includess Sociolinguistics，English Educatio，Discourse Analysis and Bible as Literature.
　　 

　　The purpose of this book is to introduce and describe the process of writing a graduationthesis for a B．A．degree in English and to help English majors make their experience successfulthrough lectures,discussions,assignments and samples．The major topics in the book will followthe chronological sequence in writing a graduation thesis:
　　1．To understand the basic requirements of a graduation thesis;
　　2．To choose a topic;
　　3．To begin locating related materials-sources-on the topic and making a topic bibliography;and to review related literature;
　　4．To make a reading outline as soon as the focus of the thesis becomes clear:
　　5．To do closer reading and analysis in specific areas;
　　6．To make a writing outline,which will actually be followed in writing;
　　7．To write and polish the first draft;
　　8．To revise and polish the first draft after consultation with your tutor;
　　9．To produce the finished product and get ready for thesis defense.
　　Writing graduation thesis is the final requirement for the B．A．degree．True,this writing doesrequire more sustained work and intellectual effort than any other assignment and it demandsthat students work more efficiently and organize material more skillfully．But it is also morerewarding,interesting,stimulating,and satisfying．It offers a unique opportunity to learn．