ABSTRACT
This chapter is a valuable source for further advice and links to all aspects of doing a master’s dissertation including academic writing. It includes guidelines for setting up a writing group, which can be extremely useful for getting feedback on the dissertation, particularly for those who are short on supervision time. It includes links to dissertations and guides for completing a dissertation and provides valuable material for all sections of the dissertation, for example a list of academic journals in TESOL and applied linguistics highlighting those journals that may publish master’s research. This chapter also includes a full-length research proposal with a generic analysis. Chapter 16 also includes a range of dissertation abstracts highlighting different types of studies. The chapter concludes with a detailed checklist for editing the dissertation.
