LC-1322 - Thesis Writing for Engineers (MSc) (w), Lecture, 7.8.2023-9.6.2024

Topic outline

• Course materials
  • Appendix 1: Chapter-Section Overviews and Summaries
  • Appendix 2: What is the aim of your thesis?
  • Appendix 3: Masters Introduction Chapters in Engineering (MICE)
  • Appendix 4: Opening sentences (Move 1-1)
  • Appendix 5: Topic sentences (Move 1-3)
  • Appendix 6: Getting the Tense Right
  • Appendix 7: Reporting Verbs
  • Formal connectors (Signposts)
  • How do you see the world? (article usage)

  
  

  • Select activity Appendix 1: Chapter-Section Overviews and Summaries

    

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  • Select activity Appendix 2: What is the aim of your thesis?

    

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  • Select activity Appendix 3: Masters Introduction Chapters in Engineering (MICE)

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  • Select activity Appendix 4: Opening sentences (Move 1-1)

    

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  • Select activity Appendix 5: Topic sentences (Move 1-3)

    

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  • Select activity Appendix 6: Getting the Tense Right

    

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  • Select activity Appendix 7: Reporting Verbs

    

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  • Select activity Introducing items in a list

    

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    Lists can serve three purposes : (1) to introduce examples, (2) to classify concepts into groups, or (3) to divide concepts into their subparts. Classification-division is an important pattern, since it enables the writer to organize the text in a General-to-specific pattern.
    

  • Select activity How do you see the world?

    

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    Rules for using the definite (the), indefinite (a/an) and zero (Ø) articles in academic writing

  • Select activity Formal connectors (Signposts)

    

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  • Select activity What are qualifiers?

    

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