Thesis Seminar Week 2: Literature Review II | Thesis Seminar Week 4: Literature Review IV

https://youtu.be/VUFGoRwQO18

Schedule time with me online or in-person immediately if you are struggling to find articles to support your literature review – do not wait until your next tutoring session.

• During weeks 1 and 2: Read as many articles as necessary; complete a problem statement, thesis statement, section outline.
• This week, expand your outline and begin working on a first body paragraph as an assignment to upload to Teams. – Review Writing A Body Paragraph.

Tips and links

• If you are struggling to narrow down your topic, watch, From Broad to Specific: Tips for Narrowing Down Your Research Topic, ELT Cast 122.
• Other relevant links for this week: Thesis Statement And Skeleton Outline, MEAL Plan, A guide to recent, seminal, and parenthetical referencing in academic writing, Clarity and style, Writing Errors Code List, and Types of transitions.