甄寒报道

7月20日上午十点，我院邀请到北京师范大学外文学院孙迎晖教授为英语学科教学专业硕士作论文开题报告的相关指导讲座。孙迎晖教授结合自己多年来指导专业硕士毕业论文的经验，为大家具体、细致地讲解了论文开题报告相关注意事项。

孙教授首先介绍了北京师范大学对于硕士论文的文件规定，让大家对毕业论文在政策规定上有了更为详细的了解。接着，孙教授重点讲解如何选题，她指出，选题是毕业论文最为重要的步骤之一，好的选题决定着论文的成败。孙教授深入浅出地解释选题标准、因素和步骤，还围绕着语言学及教学列举了一些建议性的选题，启发同学们思考。孙教授还以一位往届硕士毕业生的开题报告为例，系统说明写开题报告的注意事项、格式以及常见问题。最后，孙教授以自己的一篇论文摘要为例，进一步解释论文摘要的写法和注意事项。讲座中，孙教授还强调写论文时要注意使用学术性的语言，并提醒同学们在写作时注意时态。

孙教授讲解结束后，同学们积极踊跃地与她就自己的论文选题进行了交流，孙教授也一一作了指导，整场讲座在最后热烈的互动讨论与指导中结束。

A Lecture: How to Write an MA Thesis Proposal

By Zhen Han

At 10:00, on July 20, Sun Yinghui, a professor from the School of Foreign Languages and Literature of Beijing Normal University, was invited by the SFL to give a lecture on how to write an MA thesis proposal. With her years of experience, Professor Sun gave a specific and detailed explanation of the do’s and dont’s in writing an MA thesis proposal.

Professor Sun firstly explained the requirements of MA thesis writing in relevant documents issued by Beijing Normal University, and then fully explained how to choose a topic. She pointed out that topic-choosing was one of the most important steps for thesis writing, which could determine the quality of a thesis. She expounded on the topic-choosing standards, factors and procedures, and also gave some suggested topics of language studies. Next, by taking an MA student’s thesis proposal as an example, Professor Sun touched upon the formats and some possible problems in proposal writing. She also explained how to write the abstract. At the end of the lecture, Professor Sun emphasized that MA students should use academic and formal language in thesis writing and pay attention to the tense.

After the lecture, the MA students asked a mummer of questions, and Professor Sun gave them some guidance for their topic choosing.