MSc Final Year Writing

Prologue

A good report tells us the truth about its research; but a bad report tells us the truth about its author. —- modified from G.K. Chesterton, Heretics.

Phrase-bank

• Dr John Morley, University of Manchester, Academic Phrasebank

• Springer, English for Writing Research Papers Useful Phrases

Writing Guides

• Dr Sandra Shannon, A Guide to Academic and Scholarly Writing

• Prof. Dr.-Ing. Rolf Moeckel, Typical Structure of a Master’s Thesis

• Markku Norvasuo, The structure and table of contents of a master’s thesis

• European Commission, Joint Research Centre, The unofficial guide for authors

Writing workshop

• Prof. Tony Lynch, English Language Teaching Centre, University of Edinburgh

  • 0 Opening: About the Course

  • 1 Structure and Introduction

  • 2 The Literature Review

  • 3 Methodology

  • 4 Your Data Chapters

  • 5 The Final Chapter

  • 6 The First Few Pages

Book

• Stephen Bailey, Academic Writing: a Handbook for International Students, 3rd edition, Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group

  • Answers to exercises

Epilogue

A person is a fool to become a writer. His only compensation is absolute freedom. He has no master except his own soul, and that, I am sure, is why he does it. — Roald Dahl.