The topic selection of graduation thesis for English majors can be carried out in three major directions, namely, English literature, linguistics and translation studies. You can choose a small direction in each general direction, which is explained as follows:

1. English literature: The topic selection of English literature graduation thesis can be carried out from three directions: national literature research, literary criticism theory research and comparative literature research.

When choosing a topic for the study of national literature, a classic writer (such as Hemingway), a classic work (such as A Tale of Two Cities), a writing technique (such as the use of symbolism) or a literary trend of thought (such as the Romantic Movement) in English literature or American literature are generally selected for in-depth study. However, when choosing a writer or work, it is best to choose a classic writer or work in the history of literature. Some popular writers or works are very famous, which can easily arouse students' interest, such as Gone with the Wind or Thorn Birds. Students have a strong desire to choose them as research objects. When the above situation is inevitable, we should try our best to explore the profound meaning of the work, rather than superficial analysis.

The topic selection of literary criticism theory is generally not suitable for English majors, because the study of theoretical knowledge in this field is in the postgraduate stage of English majors, and undergraduates generally do not have the knowledge structure of literary criticism theory. The topic in this direction can be related to a literary criticism theory, the interpretation of a literary criticism term or the comparison of two or more literary criticism theories.

Comparative literature research is to compare two or more writers or works. These two works or writers can come from the same country (such as Comparison of Poems between Shelley and Byron) or from different countries (such as Peony Pavilion and Romeo and Juliet).

2. Linguistics: The topic selection of linguistic graduation thesis can be carried out from two major directions: general linguistics and applied linguistics.

The research object of general linguistics is any aspect of English language, such as part of speech, tense, spelling, intonation, etc. (such as "simple present tense and its communicative function").

Applied linguistics includes the study of teaching methods and other emerging branches of applied linguistics. Students majoring in normal education or engaged in the teaching profession choose more teaching methods. This direction should avoid a wide range of topics, but study a specific problem, and the most important thing is to combine teaching practice or experiment. Good topics in this direction are "Personality and English Teaching" and "The Influence of Dialect on English Learning".

3. Translation studies: Generally speaking, the topic of translation studies can be selected from two directions: translation theory and translation activities. The study of translation theory is to explore a certain translation theory and so on. In contrast, there are more studies on translation activities. These topics can be the translation of a language phenomenon or a figure of speech (such as "English translation of Chinese idioms"). It should be noted that in the study of translation activities, it is often necessary to support a certain translation theory, summarize the rules and evaluate such activities, and avoid listing only examples.

Second, the English major graduation thesis format requirements

The thesis consists of three parts: introduction, text and appendix.

(1) Pre-positioning

1. English cover: It consists of English title, description, author, teacher's name and title, and time.

2. Table of Contents: It consists of Chinese and English abstracts, articles, chapters, paragraphs, bibliographies, appendices and other serial numbers, titles and page numbers, and is arranged on another page behind the English cover.

3. Chinese and English abstract: Abstract is a brief statement of the content of the paper, with no comments. It is advisable to introduce the abstract of the paper, the author's outstanding arguments, new ideas or creative achievements, experimental methods, data or conclusions in the most concise language. It is a complete essay and can be used independently. Chinese abstracts are generally about 200 words.

Keywords: Keywords are words or terms used to express full-text information. In order to facilitate literature retrieval, three to five representative Chinese and foreign "keywords" should be marked in the dissertation, that is, the central words of the thesis, and placed at the lower left of the Chinese and foreign abstracts with prominent words. Keywords are separated by semicolons. Foreign keywords should correspond to Chinese keywords.

(2) The main part

The theme part includes introduction, text, conclusion and bibliography. The main section must start from the right page of another page.

1. Introduction: It mainly explains the purpose and scope of the research work, previous research achievements and knowledge gaps in related fields, research ideas, research methods, theoretical significance and practical value.

2. Text: The text is the core part of the paper, accounting for the main length. General thesis topics need to be discussed or demonstrated from several aspects. Sufficient arguments and clear arguments are needed. Writing must be realistic, objective and true, accurate and complete, logical, clear-cut, concise and easy to read. The text should have hierarchical titles, and the numbering method of chapters, articles, paragraphs and items should be Arabic numerals. The chapters, articles, paragraphs and items in the paper should be arranged in sequence, starting from 1 and numbered continuously, with no dot in the middle of "."and no dot after the last digit. Example:

1.

2.…… 2. 1

2.2…… 2.2. 1

2.2.2

2.2.3.… 2.2.3. 1

3. Conclusion: The conclusion of this paper is final and comprehensive. It is an overview of the text, and suggestions, research ideas and problems to be solved can also be put forward in the conclusion or discussion.

4. References: In the process of writing your dissertation, you have read or used the bibliography lists listed in some literatures, and put them after the text and start a new page. The description of references is based on the principle of the original text.

(1) References should be written on a separate page, with foreign documents at the front and Chinese documents at the back. The titles of foreign documents should be in italics.

(2) Bibliography should be arranged according to the Chinese phonetic alphabet or foreign alphabetical order of the author's surname.

(3) Each document must be written in capital letters, and the word time and space or five English letters must be returned.

(4) Indicate the type code of each document after the document (i.e. the initials of the English name of the document):

Essays, Papers, Papers, Newspaper Articles, Periodical Articles and Reports

Patent [P] Precipitated Monographs and Collected Papers [A] Other unspecified documents [Z]

[M/CD] (CD monograph in electronic literature [M/CD]

Online log [j/ol]

5. Literature cited in the article: If notes are needed, the author's name (English surname only), publication year and citation page number should be indicated in brackets after the citation. If it is a reference file, add the word "reference" to.

For example: (Wang Zuoliang, 1982: 38)

(Newmark, 8:26-33)

6. The documents listed in the literature should correspond to the documents marked in the paper. What does not appear in the text should not appear in the references.

(3) Appendix

The appendix includes all supplementary materials related to the paper, such as charts or photos.