Thesis Writing Prof. Dr. Armin Gruen Institute of Geodesy and Photogrammetry Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zurich agruen@geod.baug.ethz.ch‚ www.photogrammetry.ethz.ch 1. Before you start writing 2. Guidelines and Tips 3. Nine steps in developing a draft manuscript 4. Checkpoints to consider 5. General advice 6. The best part of thesis writing Appendices: Literature‚ webpages‚ writing tips 1 Advice for students: How to do research Research: To know To know what to do To do it To make
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Get Some Exercise Workouts for Better Writing Some writers say that writing is like music practice: if you miss a day‚ you’ll notice your work isn’t as smooth; if you miss a couple of days‚ you’ll really notice; and if you miss a week‚ other people will notice. So what can you do when you aren’t actively working on a story‚ novel‚ poem or essay? You can practice. You can exercise. A writing exercise is usually something short that you can complete in an hour or two (or even much less)‚ but which
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Explain why the writing skill is often perceived to be the most difficult language skill to master. To what extent can a genre approach to teaching writing help students master the skill of writing? Illustrate your answer with reference to teaching materials and specific teaching contexts. 1. Introduction 1.1 Background Information English as a language with “special role” has own a world-wide status‚ by either regarded as the official language or taught superior to other languages as second
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and even countries themselves. It is not uncommon for the world to be swept up in an event‚ which isn’t surprising at all considering everyone is a human being and emotions can overpower common sense or rational thought. We have many colloquial expressions used to describe the human attitude and emotions. Historically‚ America’s civil rights movement was a period from World War Two until the late 1960’s where people decided to banish segregation and help minorities gain equal rights. When we look
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I. Introduction Homo economicus‚ the Economic Man‚ represents a rational human being formalized in certain social science models‚ especially in economics‚ who acts in self-interest to achieve in a goal-oriented manner. As John Kay puts it‚ "He is self interested‚ materialistic‚ and obsessed with calculating his worth." In the world of economics textbooks‚ "... he is the mainstay of economic life." The edifice of modern economics is built on the foundation of Homo economicus‚ where the behavior
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Steps in Writing an Essay 1) Analyze the Questions a. Without a clear understanding of the questions‚ you cannot write an adequate answer b. Understand key terms: Assess‚ Explain‚ and Etc. c. Always write in the third person 2) Develop a Thesis a. Thesis – Your opinion on the given topic b. Thesis must be in the opening paragraph. The reader must know your position on the question. 3) Writing the Introduction a. Restate the question – do not recopy the question word for word b. State
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Gemeinschaftsgefühl. This German word is somewhat difficult to translate to English adequately‚ though social interest‚ social feeling‚ community feeling‚ or social sense come close. Adler and many of his followers came to prefer the term ‘feeling of community’ (Ansbacher & Ansbacher‚ 1956‚ p. 135). Eriksson (1992) views Adler’s writings (as translated by Ansbacher) and the writings of other Adlerians as leading to one definition of this concept: “maintaining an affirmative‚ optimistic‚ understanding
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views youths from their outwards appearance. The author wants to be able to show their inner qualities such as being strong and independent. Wendtland is able to show the reason as to why rap and hip-hop songs are used as a form of rebellious expression. She uses the example of Mary Gaitskill‚ author of “An Ordinariness of Monstrous Proportions‚ and Joan Morgan‚ author of “The Nigga Ya Hate to Love” who “found strength in the rebel voice” of their respective idolized singers. She also shows the
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being part of the political establishment myself. In winter term‚ I wrote a research paper on the American public’s trust in government. During my research‚ I found that the American public trusted Congress in percentages often in the single digits. Writing that paper‚ I grew increasingly worried that I would become even more disillusioned with American politics during my time in D.C. Coming to the city in March‚ I was prepared to face the facts‚ but I also did not want my perception of a (somewhat)
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Transformational Writing The men jerked to the floor‚ all social barriers destroyed by the capricious nature of death. Privates and Generals alike squirmed in the filth‚ their searching hands smothering soft pink flesh‚ fearing the deathly burrow of a bullet. Jack flopped‚ limp like a fish. His face buried itself into the dirt and broke the dry crust his chin tunnelling into the sticky layer below‚ gaping like an open wound. He heard the ration party strike the floor their contents spilling
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