The literature review follows the introduction. The authorshould tell the readers what has already been done and what problems remained to be solved. The readers can get a main idea of the author’s proposed study and the previous study.
The following chapter is about methodology which tells the reader about the design of the proposed study and includes general and specific research questions or hypothesis, information about subjects, instruments, the procedures for data-collection and data-analysis. However the information in this chapter should be explicit and transparent so that any readers can replicate the author’s study.
The next chapter is results and discussion where the author interpret and explain his/her results, answer his/her research question, justify his/her approach, and critically evaluate his/her study.
The author also needs to critically analyze his/her work, recognizing the limitations and shortcoming of his/her study and explaining how the work could be improved.
A conclusion chapter should stress the importance of the thesis statement, give the essay a sense of completeness, and leave a final impression on the readers, which includes major findings, implications of the findings and recommendations for future research. The ending part is made up of references which refer to mate⁃rials the author cited in his/her thesis and include author(s) , date ,title, the place of publication and the publisher and so on and appendices that are important, but can’t be put in the body of the thesis and include complete questionnaire , interview schedule, test papers and so on.
In the preceding paragraphs we have talked about the main structure of a thesis. We know that a good topic is beneficial to the author which will lead to his/her success in thesis writing. The fol⁃
lowing paragraphs will focus on how to choose a topic.
1 The Importance of the Topic
The topic is what matter the author will focus on in his/her thesis or what question should be solved. What should be chosen as the topic is the first key step for the author to write the thesis which is related to the success or failure of academic research and determines the value of the thesis. The importance of the right topic is mainly in the following areas:
1) Choosing a topic in the right direction or not decides whether the thesis proceeds smoothly with high quality and has a impact on further development of the author’s future research disciplines.Proper topic can guarantee that the thesis writing can be carried out smoothly and it can avoid the error of diametrically opposite.
2) A topic decides what the author should write. Right topic determines the objectives and scope of the thesis and the author can collect and deal with the materials within a certain range without reading and studying blindly that will waste a lot of time and efforts. The author can complete high-quality thesis efficiently within the limited time with right topic.
3) A topic directly affects the quality of thesis. Poor topic not only wastes the time and efforts of the author, but a
