Writingathesisishardwork.Youspendmanymonthsonit.TheEnglishpartisimportant.Manystudentsworryaboutthispart.TheythinktheirEnglishisnotgoodenough.Thisisacommonfear.Youarenotalone.

TheEnglishsectionservesaclearpurpose.Itshowsyourresearchtotheworld.Englishisthemainlanguageforacademicwork.AgoodEnglishsectionhelpsotherpeopleunderstandyourideas.Itmakesyourworkusefultoothers.Yourhardworkdeservestobeunderstood.

Startwiththetitle.Thetitlemustbesimple.Itshouldtellpeopleexactlywhatyourthesisisabout.Useclearwords.Avoidfancyterms.Thinkaboutwhatwordssomeonewouldusetosearchforyourwork.Yourtitleshouldhavethosewords.

Theabstractcomesnext.Theabstractisashortsummary.Itisveryimportant.Manypeopleonlyreadtheabstract.Writeitcarefully.Saywhatyourresearchisabout.Saywhyyoudidit.Explainyourmainmethod.Stateyourmostimportantfinding.Keepitshortanddirect.Everysentencemustgiveusefulinformation.

Thenyouhavetheintroduction.Theintroductionsetsthestage.Tellthereaderaboutyourtopic.Explaintheproblemyouaretryingtosolve.Saywhythisproblemmatters.Keepyoursentencesshort.Makeonepointineachsentence.Donottrytosoundsmart.Trytobeclear.

Theliteraturereviewisnext.Hereyoutalkaboutotherpeople'swork.Showwhatotherresearchershavefound.Explainhowyourworkisdifferent.Showthegapintheknowledge.Yourworkwillfillthisgap.Usesimplelanguagetodescribecomplexstudies.Thisshowsyoutrulyunderstandthem.

Themethodologysectionexplainsyourprocess.Tellthereaderwhatyoudid.Describeyoursteps.Explainhowyoucollectedyourdata.Explainhowyouanalyzedyourdata.Writethissectionlikearecipe.Someoneshouldbeabletorepeatyourworkbyreadingit.Useactivevoice.Say"Ididthis"insteadof"Thiswasdone."

Thenyoupresentyourresults.Showyourdata.Usetablesandgraphsifyouhavethem.Writesentencestodescribewhatthetablesandgraphsshow.Donotexplainwhattheresultsmeanyet.Juststatethefacts.Beveryprecise.Numbersareyourfriendshere.

Thediscussionsectionisforexplainingyourresults.Thisiswhereyoutalkaboutwhatyourfindingsmean.Connectyourresultsbacktoyourresearchquestions.Compareyourresultswiththeresultsfromotherstudies.Whyareyourresultsthesame?Whyaretheydifferent?Behonest.Ifaresultwassurprising,sayso.Thissectionshowsyourthinking.

Yourconclusionisthefinalpart.Restateyourmainfindings.Donotintroducenewinformation.Talkaboutthelimitsofyourwork.Whatcouldyounotdo?Whatproblemsdidyouface?Then,givesuggestionsforfutureresearch.Whatshouldthenextpersonstudy?Thisshowsyourworkispartofalargerconversation.

Writingsimplyisdifficult.Ittakespractice.Readeachsentencealoud.Doesitsoundlikesomethingyouwouldsay?Ifitsoundstoocomplicated,changeit.Replacelongwordswithshortones.Breaklongsentencesintotwoorthreeshortones.

Grammarandspellingareimportant.Smallmistakescanconfusethereader.Theymakeyourworklookcareless.Useagrammarcheckertool.Askafriendtoreadyourwork.Afreshpairofeyesfindsmistakesyoumiss.

Donotusetoomanytransitionwords.Wordslike"furthermore"or"however"areoftenunnecessary.Yourideasshouldflowinalogicalorder.Thelogicshouldconnectthesentences,notthewords.Ifyourthinkingisclear,thewritingwillbeclear.

Youfeelpressuretousecomplexvocabulary.Youthinkitmakesyoulookmoreacademic.Thisisnottrue.Thebestacademicwritingiseasytounderstand.Yourgoaliscommunication,notimpression.Simplewordscommunicateideasbetter.

Writingisaprocess.Yourfirstdraftwillnotbeperfect.Thatisokay.Writeeverythingdownfirst.Donotworryaboutstyle.Justgetyourideasonpaper.Then,gobackandrewrite.Makeeachsentenceclearer.Cutanywordthatisnotneeded.Thisishowgoodwritingismade.

Youhaveworkedforalongtimeonyourresearch.TheEnglishsectionshouldhonorthatwork.Itshouldbeaclearwindowintoyourideas.Anyonewhoreadsitshouldunderstandwhatyoudidandwhyitmatters.Thisisthefinalstepofyourlongjourney.Youcandoit.