Proper topic selection is the first step to ensure the success of graduation thesis writing. A good topic selection can not only benefit the author. It can also arouse the interest of readers. There are many requirements for proper topic selection, among which keen intuition and high academic accomplishment are two important factors to ensure a good topic selection. Beginners can start with preparation. Draw up a topic and make a feasibility analysis. Looking for literature and so on. In addition, it is necessary to understand the composition and format requirements of paper writing and pursue the originality of paper writing.

Proper topic selection is the first step to ensure the success of graduation thesis writing. A good topic selection can not only benefit the author. It can also arouse the interest of readers. Proper topic selection requires the author to have keen intuition, high academic accomplishment and rich experience. In addition, it is also important to understand the relevant format requirements and elements of paper writing and pursue the originality of paper writing.

1, preparation work

First of all, the author should browse or read a large number of articles published in various journals and academic authoritative publications in recent years. For example, China foreign languages. Foreign language, modern foreign language, China translation, language and translation, language teaching and research, foreign language and foreign language teaching, foreign language telephone teaching, English teaching and research in normal universities, foreign language teaching and research in basic education, foreign language teaching and research in primary and secondary schools, foreign language teaching in primary and secondary schools, etc. Through extensive reading, I can understand the current academic frontier and the latest trend of scientific research. At the same time, we should make clear the areas of interest and their research status. Such as: completed projects, research methods and means adopted, research depth, main findings in this field and possible problems or gaps. In order to help graduates choose topics, the School of Foreign Languages of Chifeng University organized some teachers in 2006 to provide directions and suggestions for the graduates of the English Department of this school in 2003. Here are some topics:

1) teaching direction: 1. Research and attempt on cultivating students' divergent thinking in teaching. 2. The role of demand analysis in autonomous learning mode. 3. Cultivate students' sense of cooperation in English learning group activities. 4. Cultural infiltration and cultivation in middle school English teaching. 5. The essential qualities of English teachers in modern middle schools. 6. How to infiltrate moral education into English teaching? 7. Questioning skills in junior middle school English class. 8. The influence of teachers' beliefs on teaching. 9. The application of communicative approach in grammar teaching. 10, the significance and methods of "English corner" activities in middle schools.

2) The direction of British and American literature: 1, on a farewell. Anti-war theme of weapons. 2. On heroism in The Old Man and the Sea. 3. Huckleberry Finn's democratic spirit. 4. Comparison between Imagist Poetry and China Ancient Poetry. 5. On the understanding of Shakespeare's tragic characters. 6. Shaping female roles in Shakespeare's plays. 7. Theme analysis of Paradise Lost. 8. Talking about the history of sentimentalism. 9. The artistic value of Jane Eyre. 10, Swift's satirical art.

3) Translation direction: 1. On foreignization and domestication of cultural factors in translation. 2. Characteristics and translation of trademark names. Translation of movie titles. Translation of Chinese-English public signs. English news headlines and their translation. Loss and distortion of cultural images in translation. On deformation and seeking trust in Chinese-English translation from a cultural perspective. "Context" in literary translation. The transformation of different social and cultural information in Chinese-English translation. Functional equivalence in the translation of English and Chinese idioms from the perspective of sociosemiotic translation.

4) Writing direction: 1. Transfer of Chinese thematic sentence patterns in English writing. 2. Comparison of English and Chinese sentence expressions. 3. Comparison of discourse structure in English writing. 4. Analysis and countermeasures of mother tongue transfer in English written expression. 5. Correlation between reading skills and writing ability. 6. Different tendencies of English rhetoric. 7. Comparison of English and Chinese nominal body metaphors. 8. Rhetorical features of English and Chinese advertising puns. 9. Cross-cultural differences between Chinese disyllables and English alliteration. 10. The influence of thinking differences between English and Chinese on China students' English writing and its countermeasures. In addition, there are many topics in six directions, such as linguistics, Britain, America and culture, for students to refer to and help them write their graduation thesis.

2. Draw up a good topic and make a feasibility analysis.

Through browsing and reading the literature, the author will get some inspiration and inspiration. Combined with the direction and suggestions provided, you can draw up your own research topics of interest. At this time, it should be noted that your proposed topic should have certain research value or reflect the frontier development of this discipline. For example. A cognitive study on the structural differences between Chinese and English double objects. "A Syntactic Study of English Double Object Structure". "The influence of English and Chinese vocabulary concept differences on second language vocabulary acquisition" and so on. But drawing up a good topic is only an ideal of research, and whether it can be completed on time is the key. Otherwise, it will not only waste time, but also lose confidence. Therefore, we must investigate and analyze the feasibility of this paper from the following aspects. First of all, we must estimate the time needed to finish the paper. If this topic takes far more than one semester, you should seriously consider whether it is suitable for you. Because the longer the project takes, the easier it is for the author to lose patience and interest, and it is difficult to finish the task on time. Secondly, it is necessary to carefully analyze whether the topics raised by the research are appropriate. There should not be too many topics and tasks. Such as "Research on College English Teaching Reform". "Research on College Students' English Learning Strategies". The topics such as "Research on English Writing and Rhetoric Teaching Strategies" are too big. The coverage is too large. Because complex topics are often difficult to highlight the focus of research, but also make the article messy. Graduation thesis is one of the important ways to show college students' learning ability and scientific research ability. So we must strictly control this level. Start small, see big from small, and dig deep. And make some innovations. Finally. The manpower, material resources and financial resources needed to complete the thesis are also issues that the author should consider in advance. The so-called sharpening the knife does not miss the woodcutter. Take the topic selection in writing seriously. Grasping this level well plays a vital role in the completion of later thesis writing.

3. Composition and requirements of paper.

The research paper should include the following parts:

1) Chinese and English titles. Papers must have Chinese and English titles, and attention must be paid to the consistency of expression. For example, a study on the correlation between receptive skills and productive skills in English learning. A study on the correlation between receptive skills and productive skills in English learning. English topics are not concise and neat enough, which may even lead to misunderstanding. Because "in English learning" generally refers to the learning process of English learners in Chinese, and English in English learning can be easily understood as receptive skills and productive skills, and even related or learning phrases. Expression learning activities in a narrow sense.

2) Chinese and English abstracts. Also pay attention to the consistency of Chinese and English abstracts. Generally speaking, an abstract needs 150-200 words to summarize the main ideas, viewpoints and findings of the full text.

3) The composition of the text. The composition of the text is somewhat different. Usually in empirical research papers, the text often contains the following parts: introduction and introduction. Introduction or introduction is the background and reason of this study. By summarizing, analyzing and criticizing the important literature, the problems to be studied are found out. Theoretical framework and background. The theoretical framework or background is mainly to briefly describe the background of this study, such as formal grammar or functional grammar, second language acquisition based on universal grammar or psycholinguistic background. Research methods. The research method is a description of the research purpose, research object, research tools and research procedures. Data collection and analysis. Data collection and analysis includes the steps of collecting data, the methods of analyzing data and the obtained data. Or use concise and objective words, charts, tables, etc. Display key data. Results and discussion. It uses data to prove the viewpoints and assumptions put forward in this paper, and further analyzes the significance of the data obtained in this study in combination with other people's related research results and findings. State facts, infer relationships, etc. Conclusion. The conclusion is the main point of summarizing the whole thesis, pointing out the limitations of the study and the possible research problems and directions.

4) literature. In this part, it should be noted that the literature appearing in the article must be written in the reference, and the literature not appearing in the article cannot be placed in the reference. In addition, the sources of literature can be various and multi-channel. It can be domestic periodicals, magazines and books. It can also be foreign. In addition, some documents issued by the Ministry of Education can also be used as reference. At the same time, we can also search the latest information we need online.

There are many requirements for thesis writing, among which the following points must be noted:

1) Use less subjective evaluation words such as "I think" and "as we all know". Don't use quotations without a source. Such as "it was said", "it was discussed by a famous linguist", "functional linguistics", "the historical evidence of second language acquisition research in the past twenty years" and so on.

2) We should borrow it from others. But you can't eat it raw. Put it together.

3) Pay attention to the brevity of the article. Quotations that have no effect on the development of the theme of the article are resolutely not used.

4) Distinguish between direct reference and indirect reference. Quote first-hand information directly: if the quoted content is exactly the same as the original. Use quotation marks and indicate the source and page number. Indirect reference to first-hand information: if it is to summarize other people's views. Explanatory quotations from other people's achievements do not need quotation marks, nor do they need to indicate the source. Indirect citation of second-hand materials: If you read the literature of another author B cited by someone A, you will find that he also has a point worth quoting. The way of quoting is: B( 1989) once pointed out that ... f is quoted from A 1995 1. It is required here that both a and b must appear in the reference.

5) Avoid unintentional plagiarism. Sometimes, the author uses the ideas and theories he learned from a book in his writing, and ignores its source. This led to unintentional plagiarism. Such as "the difference between language and language ability and language use …". This widely quoted view is not common sense. But Chomsky's famous viewpoint (1965 1), so be sure to check the original text. Indicate the source.

6) Encourage beginners to imitate the format and writing style of relevant important documents without plagiarism.

7) Don't put forward opinions with insufficient evidence, and take it for granted. There is no need for bluffing statements such as "I/the author thinks" and "most researchers will agree with this view".

8) Any viewpoint must have a source or be proved by the author. For example, "with the progress of the sentence, each clause will provide some new information to help readers build and integrate a gradually complete cognitive world in their minds." How to prove this view is a very difficult problem.

4. Pursuing the originality of thesis writing.

Originality is the goal of scientific research, and every college student who wants to write a paper should understand it. Generally speaking. The original content of comprehensive articles is less, mostly introducing other people's arguments, and a few contents are the author's analysis and opinions. The article is suitable for introducing important schools, figures and works abroad. Review articles can be divided into big review articles and small review articles. The former covers a historical theory development period, while the latter is limited to someone's theoretical research at a certain stage. To write a comprehensive article, you must introduce theories that others have not introduced. At present, there are many such articles in China, and most of them are "describing and ignoring". The original content of critical discourse is more or less. Its original part is based on the criticism of relevant theories, and its new viewpoint must be well-argued, clear-headed and logical. Empirical articles are the most original. It is generally based on the shortcomings of previous studies and put forward new ideas and proved, of which empirical articles can be divided into:

1) analysis/reasoning: based on linguistic facts and their analysis, emphasize linguistic facts and analytical tools. For example, compare the similarities and differences between English and Chinese double-object structures and their generation mechanism.

2) Experimental demonstration: According to the deficiency of previous studies, put forward new ideas or assumptions, design experimental methods, control related variables, collect and analyze effective data, and prove the assumptions put forward in this paper with the results of data analysis. For example, the influence of new words in the report on vocabulary acquisition.

3) Investigative demonstration: it is a questionnaire designed according to the questions raised by previous studies, aiming at exploring the regular characteristics of the respondents in a certain aspect. For example, to investigate the teaching methods actually used by college teachers and their reasons, and the investigation evidence can be divided into qualitative and quantitative categories. Empirical research is to prove an intuitive conclusion through complex demonstration process, experimental process and data analysis. For example, reading training can promote writing ability. Beginners should imitate the argumentation, research and writing methods of famous scholars at home and abroad, and gradually improve their writing level.

In short, whether the topic is appropriate is directly related to the success or failure of graduation thesis writing. At the same time, we should also understand the composition and format requirements of the paper writing and pursue the originality of the paper. As long as the author is well prepared, strictly selects materials, fully demonstrates and treats them with a scientific and rigorous attitude. You are sure to write a high-level and high-quality graduation thesis with certain academic research value.