Writing a dissertation is a very serious and academic matter.
The quality of the dissertation is closely related to the final draft and defense of the graduation thesis, ultimately affecting whether it can graduate smoothly. Therefore, the language expression during the writing process should meet the requirements of the thesis.
Regarding the language usage of Dissertation, there are several points to note:
1、 Avoiding low-level errors
2、 Avoid Chinglish
3、 Fixed vocabulary needs to be accurate
4、 Avoid colloquial language usage
5、 Sentence structures and vocabulary should be appropriately rich and diverse
1、 Avoiding low-level errors
When writing a paper, special attention should be paid to the use of words, syntax, grammar, and tenses. This is the foundation of writing, and one should never make common low-level mistakes, such as spelling mistakes, confusion in subject verb relationships, fixed collocation errors, and improper grammar usage. The automatic error correction function in Word can help check some simple problems, but it cannot completely replace manual review. Therefore, when writing, it is important to be careful and seek advice from teachers and classmates in a timely manner regarding vague grammar and syntax issues, or check information to confirm accuracy.
2、 Boycott Chinglish
Chinglish is English with Chinese elements mixed in, mainly because learning English is influenced by Chinese thinking patterns. When writing a paper, some students may first conceptualize Chinese in their minds and then translate it into English, which can easily lead to Chinglish. How to avoid it? Firstly, it is necessary to cultivate English thinking, practice speaking more, communicate more with local classmates, and learn their language habits. Secondly, writing a paper must be in English, and one cannot conceptualize Chinese before translating it into English. Finally, when writing a paper, it is important to refer to more literature and learn from the expression habits of previous papers.
3、 Accurately using fixed vocabulary
The fixed vocabulary in the paper should be used according to the norms of the paper. For example, basic framework vocabulary such as Abstract, Keywords, Table of Contents, Research Background, Introduction, etc. should not be changed casually.
4、 Avoid colloquial language usage
Formal papers should be written in written language and not use overly colloquial vocabulary. Improving writing skills is not something that can be achieved overnight, so it is important to read more academic papers to enrich one’s academic vocabulary and expression. Understand and master some academic characteristic word structure types.
5、 Enrich sentence structures and vocabulary
Writing a thesis also takes into account the language skills, vocabulary, and syntactic proficiency of students. Simply using simple sentence structures and vocabulary will definitely affect the quality of the paper. When expressing the same concept, you can try using different words, which will make the article more diverse. For example, to represent a turning point, we can use “how”, “never less”, “yet”, “cause and effect” can use “there more”, “why”, “consecutive”, “this reason”, “summary” can use “ultimate”, “finally”, “consecutive”, “consistently”, “conclusive”, and “in addition”, “all”, “further”, “more”, etc. to represent a progressive relationship. When choosing sentence patterns and grammatical structures, it is not necessarily better to be simpler or more complex. To choose appropriate sentence structures correctly, change sentence structures frequently to make the paper both solemn and not boring.
