摘要：Writing a thesis is a difficult task for most students. For many, it is their first experience. There are generally two kinds of resources that students can turn to in carrying out this task: those focusing on the research process or methodology (e.g. how to find a topic or how to conduct an interview), and those focusing on the writing up of the thesis. Most write-up books focus on referencing, and they tend to be generic. Some examine certain features in the writing such as stance, but few give an explicit description of the structure of each chapter or section. In responding to this need, Bitchener’s Writing an Applied Linguistics Thesis or Dissertation: A Guide to Presenting Empirical Research is a timely addition to the resources that are much needed by thesis writers.
