Some Reflections on the Titles of English Majors＇ B.A. Theses

作     者：WANG Xiao-yan 

作者机构：Changchun University Changchun China 

出 版 物：《Sino-US English Teaching》 (中美英语教学（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2012年第9卷第10期

页      面：1568-1572页

学科分类：0501[文学-中国语言文学] 050103[文学-汉语言文字学] 0401[教育学-教育学] 04[教育学] 05[文学] 040102[教育学-课程与教学论] 

主　　题：titles English major B.A. (Bachelor of Arts) thesis reflections 

摘      要：English majors＇ B.A. （Bachelor of Arts） thesis writing is an important part and test of the students＇ four-year undergraduate education. It lays solid foundation for their future study and work. Yet serious problems exist during the process. The author of the paper collects and analyzes the 289 titles of English majors＇ B.A. writing in the recent two years in Changchun University, China. The results of the analysis reveal that almost 40% of the titles are on literature every year and among them there are some similar titles. In view of this situation, the author first explores the reasons that caused those problems. One of the important reasons is that the increasing of the supervisors and reference materials cannot keep the pace of the expanding of students＇ numbers. The author, after that, makes some reflections on those problems, then proposes five practical supervising strategies, and makes some relevant suggestions for English major＇s thesis writing. Meanwhile some other related problems in thesis writing in China are also discussed.