Today we’re going to talk about how to comfortably find references, especially for that UK undergraduate dissertation. You need to have a clear understanding of the research methodology, and you need to have a solid foundation to build on.
Whether you’re new or experienced, there are a few things we can do to help you find materials:
If you’re new to this, here are a few suggestions:
1. Interviews: Use your speaking skills to find out what’s on someone’s mind, it’s time-consuming but worth it;
2. questionnaires: it only takes a minute to find out what people are thinking, but it’s a bit subjective, so don’t forget to check if it’s accurate;
3. Observation: see the person to be analysed with your own eyes, anywhere, such as a neighbourhood, an office or a classroom.
If you already have some experience, let me offer you two more tips:
1. Annotation: To strengthen reading comprehension and application skills. Here’s what you can do:
-Share what you have learnt from reading the book;
-Evaluating: Take a picture of the book and talk about your intuitive feelings about it;
Tandem style: cross-link related knowledge and study it;
-Questioning: think deeply about the problem.
2. Summary method: extract the core content of the article. Summarise it appropriately and accurately.
For those who are about to submit their thesis, these techniques have to be learnt and used to make your thesis more brilliant if you want to pass it smoothly!
