(確定論文方向)

EnglishWritingChoosingaTopicI.IntroductionAllwritingbeginswithatopic.Sothisisthefirstimportantstepinthewritingofaresearchpaper.Aninappropriatedecisionaboutaresearchtopicmayleadtothefailureofthewholeresearchproject,oratleastawasteoftimeandenergy.Youmayfinditdifficulttomakeaquickdecisionaboutthetopic.II.

Whatsubjectstodiscover(確定論文方向)

Intheareaoflanguage,youmaydopurelanguagestudyofEnglishonitsstructureandelementssuchaspeculiarities,phonetics,grammar,vocabulary,discourse,comparisonsofEnglishdialects,Briticism,Americanism,Australianism,etc.;oronitsusessuchasESP,methods,techniques,changes,approaches,etc.Ifyouwanttobemoretheoretical,youcantryanybranchoflinguisticsanditsapplicationtolanguageteachingandlearning.Intheareaofliterature,youmayapplyliterarytheoriesandcriticalmethodologytothestudyofwriters,works,literarytrendsandschools,literaryperiods,literarycriticisms,etc.III.

Selectingageneraltopic(選一個籠統(tǒng)的題目)Itisadvisabletogofromthegeneraltothespecificinthefollowingway:Inordertodiscoveragoodsubjectforresearch,youshouldgenerateideas.Forthispurpose,youmayuseyourpersonalexperiences,especiallylearningexperiencesin,forexample,attendingalectureoracourse;readinganewspaper,ajournal,abookoranovel;watchingamovie,aTVprogramandsoon.Youmayalsotalkwithothers,yourfellowstudents,yourfriends,andyourteachersinparticular,togetenlightenment.Themostimportantthingforyoutodoistogethelpfromsourcematerials,especiallytertiarysources,suchasatableofcontents,abook’sindex,anencyclopediaarticle,headlinesinperiodicalindexes,etc.IV.Formulatingthefinaltopic(確定最后的題目）

1)Itshouldbeatopicthatismeaningfulandserious.（選定的題目本身應該是有意義的，而且是嚴肅的）

2)Itshouldbeatopicwithintherangeofyourabilities.（選定的題目應該是你力所能及的）3)Itshouldbeatopicforwhichsufficientmaterialsareavailable.（選定的題目應該有足夠的資料供參閱）4）Itshouldbeatopicthatcanbetreatedobjectively.（選定的題目應該是可供客觀研究之用的）5）Itshouldbeasubjectthatisnottootopicaltodrawconclusionson.（選題不應該是當前最熱門卻又無法下定論的題目）6)Aboveall,thetopicyoudecideshouldbeneithertoobroadnortoonarrow.(選題不能太大也不能太小)Thefollowingexamplesshowhowtorestrictasubject/adjustyourtopicuntilapropertopicisarrivedat:(1)General:TheAmericanCivilWarRestricted:CausesoftheVictoryoftheNorthMorerestricted:TheSupportGiventotheUnionArmybythePeopleThetopicchosen:BlackSoldiersintheUnionArmy(2)General:ElizabethanDramaRestricted:Shakespeare’sDramaMorerestricted:HamletThetopicchosen:OnHamlet’sInsanity7)Itshouldbeatopicthatisclearandgrammaticallycorrect.(選題應語法正確)Examples1.

TheDifferenceBetweenColorWordsandChineseandWesternCulture2.

TheRoleofBodyLanguagePlaysinModernCommunication

V.PracticeinclassTrytojudgewhetherthefollowingtopicsaresuitable1.

MyPhilosophyofLife2.

TheDifferencebetweenChineseCultureandAmericanCulture3.

HowtoCommunicatewithOthersinEnglish4.

TheDifferencebetweenEnglishandChineseExpression5.

ReligionandRitual6.

AdjustingtoCollegeLife7.

AmericanCulture8.

EnglishMovies9.

EnglishSlang10.

BritishEnglishToobroad:.0Toopersonal:1.6.

ReadandThinkwhetherthefollowingtopicsaresuitableStudyontheChildImageoftheCatcherintheRyeFromLinguisticPerspective從語言的角度分析《麥田里的守望者》中的兒童形象

ACHILDOFNATURE:ONEMILYDICKINSON'SNATURECOMPLEX璞玉無暇，渾然天成：論艾米莉.狄金森的自然情結

APOLYPHONICANALYSISOFTHESOUNFANDFURY“對位法”分析《喧嘩與騷動》

TheUseofZeroArticleBeforeClassNouns類名詞前的零冠詞用法解析

Ⅵ.TopicsforEnglishMajorsReference1．

LinguisticInfluenceonThoughtattheLevelsofLexicon,GrammarandDiscourse2．

OntheRelativityofTranslationEquivalence3．

英漢情態(tài)取向在新聞語篇中的對比分析

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英漢語篇語法銜接手段的差異及其對英漢翻譯的影響Literature1．試論簡·奧斯汀的婚姻觀

2．簡析《永別了，武器》中主人公思想的變化

3．淺析《紅字》中的罪/基督教原型的象征意義

4．《老水手之歌》與柯勒略治的寫作思想

5．談文學作品的多元解讀

6．AnAnalysisoftheCharacter–CarrieMeeberⅠ.NuclearWeaponsAppliedLinguistics1.對話理論在英語教學中的應用

2.談英語教學中的師生互動

3.論網(wǎng)絡技術與英語教學的整合

4.HowtoTeachListeningComprehensiontoESLStudentsPeriodicalindexes(期刊索引)canbeespeciallyhelpful,becausethesub-categoriesprovideusefulsuggestions.Onefinalsuggestion:Donotbetooeagertosettleonanysingletopicimmediately.Ifyouhavetwoorthreepossibilities