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EXAMPLE 1: CAPTURING STUDENTS' FIRST IMPRESSIONS OF WRITING IN THE ACADEMIC SETTING

TASK DESCRIPTION:

​Consider the following questions and write a text of 300-400 words.

An online dictionary may be used.

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Questions:

  1. If you had to start work on your bachelor thesis next week, how would you approach this task?

  2. Can you describe the writing process?

  3. How would you structure your work?

  4. What sources would you use?

  5. What overall challenges do you envisage in writing your thesis?

  6. What aspects of writing do you think you might not be able to manage?

  7. What support would you expect from your supervisor?

  8. How much contact with your supervisor would you consider helpful?

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STUDENT REPLY

I would probably start by looking for field of interest which I want my bachelor thesis to take part in. After roughly finding the topic I would then sit together with my supervisor to formulate the exact title of my bachelor thesis/ what I am going to write about. In general I think of my academic supervisor as the person to guide me if I have questions and to confirm that I’m going in the right direction with my work. Therefore I think that especially in the early stages more help in needed, than in the middle of my bachelor thesis, where I might just want to confirm one or two things, and at the end again to make sure everything was done right.


Now I would start collecting info material/sources to create the general knowledge about my bachelor thesis topic. I consider looking for books and ebooks in our library, as well as looking on the internet if i can find any books or even other bachelor theses regarding my topic. If that topic however is closely connected to one of our professor’s subjects, I would also ask him for literatur tipps/information.


Structuring my paper considering my current knowledge first of all I would introduce the topic and why i picked it. Then I would get more into detail what I am exactly going to examine in my bachelor thesis/ what is the overall goal to find out. I would then structure the information needed to examine this into different topics (e.g culture, economics, industry...). These
topics I would then give detailed information about from the sources I’ve picked. After that all that is left is the analysis of my bachelor thesis/ the conclusion. Lastly you obviously want to make sure to indicate all your sources with footnotes and to make sure your list of references is correct and complete.


I think that I first need to get a basic knowledge before I can even think about starting. Secondly I think the source/information collection is the crucial point of the whole bachelor thesis and also takes much time/effort. And lastly I think for me it will be most difficult to manage that exact time/ effort thing since I tend to be very lazy sometimes.

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