The thesis needs to be completed under the guidance of the tutor. Before writing a thesis, there is another important job, which is to find a tutor. After finding a suitable tutor, you can basically start writing your thesis, but you need to keep in touch with your tutor.
(1) Exchange opportunities. In the process of thesis writing, it is necessary to communicate and discuss with the tutor in the stages of topic selection, research scheme discussion, drafting outline, writing the first draft, and revising and perfecting the thesis.
First, the topic selection stage. If you decide the topic of your thesis without listening to your tutor's advice, you will find many problems when you really start writing your thesis seriously, and then changing the topic will cause a lot of waste of time and energy. Therefore, you should spend more time communicating with your tutor when choosing a topic, so that the topic can reflect your own advantages as much as possible, and let your tutor have the confidence to guide your thesis.
Second, discuss the research scheme stage. Communicate with the tutor to determine the workflow of the research and the technical means or methods adopted. Whether the research plan is perfect or not will greatly affect the quality of your research.
Third, the stage of drawing up an outline. After determining the research plan, first draw up a preliminary outline, and then communicate with the tutor to modify the outline, so that the structure of the paper is basically reasonable and there are few detours.
Fourth, write the first draft. The first draft of the paper is completed by students independently. When encountering difficulties, they need to actively communicate with their tutors and determine solutions. In the thesis writing stage, you should report the progress of your thesis to your tutor regularly, so that your tutor can know your progress in time.
Fifth, the stage of paper perfection. After the first draft of the paper is completed, it is necessary to have a systematic discussion with the tutor to determine the parts and methods that need to be revised, and then make changes according to the revision opinions, and so on until the tutor approves the paper.
(2) communication methods. In the process of writing a thesis, students need to communicate with their tutors frequently. Common communication methods are face to face, e-mail, telephone, QQ, MSN, etc. There are several suggestions:
First, when communicating with the tutor, try to choose the way that the tutor likes. If the tutor likes face-to-face communication, then you should try to find time to communicate with the tutor. The door of the tutor is open to you. If you are limited by geography, you can't use the interview method, and then consider the communication method that the tutor prefers relatively, such as telephone communication or email.
Second, arrange at least three interviews: topic selection and research discussion, paper outline discussion, first draft discussion and improvement. Some students and tutors are not in the same city, they basically don't meet, and their email address, telephone number and QQ are not clear, so the guidance effect is difficult to achieve.
Third, make full preparations before visiting the tutor, and don't go to see the teacher empty-handed.
Attention should also be paid to communication methods. Some tutors are very busy and have the habit of taking a nap at noon. Try not to disturb the tutor when it is inconvenient. If you can find the activity pattern of the tutor, you'd better send a short message and wait in front of his office in advance. A classmate made an appointment with the teacher one week in advance and contacted him three or four times. On the day he came, he called before he left and asked for the room number when he went downstairs. This kind of contact is too troublesome. Why don't you check the teacher's office phone number first, then make an appointment when you are ready to come, and come as soon as you have made an appointment.