本教材按照新时代英语专业人才培养方向，结合笔者长期一线教学经验，对英语专业本科毕业论文写作流程、内容和规范进行详细阐述，在讲解毕业论文语言风格、篇章格式等的同时，强化时态、句型、标点符号等基本功的练习，重难点突出，能切实可行地指导学生解决毕业论文写作过程中面临的各种问题。全书案例讲解与任务产出相结合，适合课堂讨论、项目学习、课后复习等教学活动。书中大量真实案例引导学生分析选文优缺点，对培养学生扎实的写作技巧和解决实际写作中存在的各种问题具有很大帮助。

Chapter 1 Overview of Undergraduate Thesis Writing
1.l Basic Understanding of Academic Writing
1.2 Basic Understanding of Undergraduate Thesis
1.3 Components of Undergraduate Thesis
1.4 Steps of Undergraduate Thesis Writing
Chapter 2 Choosing a Topic and Deciding on a Title
2.1 Scope and Principle
2.2 Choosing a Proposed Title
2.3 Linguistic Aspect of a Title
Chapter 3 Literature Search and the Thesis Proposal
3.1 Collecting and Evaluating Source Materials
3.2 Drafting an Outline
3.3 Composing the Thesis Proposal
Chapter 4 Writing a Thesis
4.1 Abstract
4.2 Introduction
4.3 Literature Review
4.4 Basic Introduction on Research Methodology
4.5 Conclusions
Chapter 5 Revising and Finalizing the Thesis
5.1 Revision and Proof-reading
5.2 Acknowledgements
5.3 Oral Defense
Chapter 6 Research Subjects and Research Methodology
6.1 Studies on Literature
6.2 Studies on English Language
6.3 Studies on English Translation
6.4 Studies on English Language Teaching
6.5 Studies on English Culture
Chapter 7 Quotations
7.1 Precautions Against Plagiarism
7.2 Direct Quotations
7.3 Indirect Quotations
Chapter 8 Academic Paper Styles
8.1 APA Style
8.2 MLA Style
8.3 CMOS
Chapter 9 Writing Style and Mechanics
9.1 Unbiased Words
9.2 Reporting Verbs
9.3 Tense and Voice
9.4 Sentence Variations
Keys to Some Exercises
Appendices
Appendix A Self-Check Lists
Appendix B Academic Phrase Bank Contents
Appendix C Commonly Used Foreign Language Academic Journal Selected Bibliography
Working Bibliography