ABSTRACT
This handbook is for students doing a master’s degree dissertation. It is to help students at every stage of the process. Included are lots of examples from actual master’s dissertations. Chapter 1 defines the dissertation and points out the differences between master’s course work assignments and the dissertation itself. It explains the purpose of a master’s dissertation and looks at time management in a master’s research project. Included is a useful template to help with time management. This self-help guide benefits from current research into academic literacies and genre that views expertise in writing as being informed by the context in which it occurs. For this reason, the focus is specifically on TESOL and applied linguistics.
