Give me an Easy Topic, Please: My Experience of Supervising Theses

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  • Sajan Kumar Karn Department of english

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3126/nelta.v14i1.3092

Keywords:

Research, Plagiarism, Research problem, Thesis writing

Abstract

Thesis writing is demanding in that it requires a great deal of time, patience, study, creativity, writing proficiency and also critical and analytical expertise on the part of researchers. Unfortunately, many of the beginners do not seem to understand the gravity of such a high level academic feat and consequently pose a lot of problems for thesis supervisors, guidance committee, university department, etc. This paper endeavors to scrutinize students' misconceptions and negligence against depth and requisites of the thesis writing. Besides this, it also tries to specify the expected responsibilities of supervisors and researchers. This largely draws on my experience and inferences obtained while supervising M. Ed. (English) theses, unstructured interview (conversation) with the students/researchers, a close examination of thesis drafts, and interactions with colleagues (thesis supervisors).

Key words: Research, plagiarism,research problem, thesis writing

DOI: 10.3126/nelta.v14i1.3092

Journal of NELTA Vol.14, No 1&2, 2009 December Page: 63-70

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Author Biography

Sajan Kumar Karn, Department of english

Associated with English Language Teaching and linguistics for a decade. He has published a number of articles in various newspapers and journals. To his credit, he has co-authored two titles on Applied Linguistics. He has edited three volumes of

ELT Today, Journal of NELTA Birgunj and Contemporary Issues in ELT, a special issue of NELTA Birgunj. He is serving NELTA Birgunj in the capacity of Vice-Chair at present. Currently, he teaches the courses on Applied Linguistics, Phonetics and Phonology, General English, and English Linguistics at TRM Campus Birgunj, Tribhuvan University. He has recently attended Study of the United States Institute (SUSI) a six week long program held in the University of Florida, USA. He is more interested in the studies related to critical applied linguistics, language planning, second language learning and World Englishes.

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Karn, S. K. (2010). Give me an Easy Topic, Please: My Experience of Supervising Theses. Journal of NELTA, 14(1), 63–70. https://doi.org/10.3126/nelta.v14i1.3092

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Vol 14, No 1&2 2009

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