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(丁西亞,2006:33~36)TheRecommendationtypeInconclusion,theresultshowsthat…Tosumup,wehaverevealedthat…Finally,asummaryisgivenof…...TypesofConclusionsThesis-orientedConclusions:Athesis-orientedConclusionisonethat“focusesmainlyonthethesisitself,beginningwitharestatementofpurposeandsummaryoffindingsandclaims”(Bunton2005:214–215).Field-orientedConclusions:Afield-orientedConclusion“focusesmainlyonthefieldandonlymentionsthethesisanditsfindingsorcontributionsinthecontextofthewholefield”(Bunton2005:215).Differencebetw.SummariesandConclusionsSummariesareastatementofwhatthestudentfoundout.Conclusionsareastatementofthesignificanceofwhattheyfoundout.FeaturesofConclusionsTheConclusionsarewhattheDiscussionchapterhasbeenarguingfor.TheConclusionsmaybeaseparatechapterortheymaybecombinedwiththeDiscussionchapter,labelled“DiscussionandConclusions”.TheConclusionsreachedinthischaptershouldbedrawnfromtheDiscussionchapter.ThereshouldbenofurtherdiscussionintheConclusionschapter.TheConclusionsshouldrespondtotheaimsthatwerestatedinthefirstchapter.(EvansandGruba2002)TypicalStructureofConclusionsintroductoryrestatementofaims,researchquestions;consolidationofpresentresearch(e.g.findings,limitations);practicalapplications/implications;recommendationsforfurtherresearch.Thompson(2005:317–318)TypicalStructureofConclusionsYoumayfindthefollowingfoursectionsintheConclusionsection:Summaryoffindings/ConclusionImplicationsLimitationsFurtherStudiesStructureofthesis-orientedConclusionsTypicallanguagefeaturesofConclusionsHewings(1993)foundthatwriterstypicallyrefertotheworld,otherresearch,andeitherthemethodologyorfindingsofthethesisordissertationitselfwhentheyreport,commentandspeculateontheirfindings.Recommendation

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Differences:Conclusionsareusefulinsightsdrawnfromthestudy.Recommendationsarefurtherresearchprojectsbasedonthestudy.SampleConclusionsLawrence,G.P.J(2000).TeacherBeliefSystems-Towardscomputer-mediatedlanguagelearning:CollegeESLinstruction.MAthesis,UniversityofToronto.Flanagan,S.R.(2016).LanguageOrientationandStudentSuccessinOnlineLearningEnvironments:ACaseStudy.MAdissertation,ArizonaStateUniversity.Hayes,K.M.(2010).AcasestudyofChineseuniversityEnglishasaforeignlanguage(EFL)students’attitudestowardlearningtechnologies.PhDdissertation(Ed.D.),NorthernIllinoisUniversity.Assignment1.TheStructureofConclusions:LookattheConclusionssectionofathesisand/ordissertationwritteninyourareaofstudyandidentifytheorganizationalstructureofthispartofthetext.Thenmakealistoftypicalcontentthatiscoveredineachofthesectionsthatyouidentify.Assignment2.IndividualConsultations:Reviewallofyourgradedquizzes,exercises,formalpaperdraftsandmemosfromthesemester.Notedownanypatternsyounoticeandconclusionsyoucandrawaboutyourwriting.Inyourindividualconsultations,bepreparedtodiscussyourquestions,problems,andgoalsforyourfinalpaper.References*Paltridge,B.,&Starfield,S.(2007).ThesisandDissertationWritinginaSecondLanguage:Ahandbookforsupervisors.Oxford:Routledge.*Pyrczak,F.,&Bruce,R.R.(2005).ABasicGuideforStudentsoftheSocialandBehavioralSciences,5thedn.Glendale,CA:PyrczakPublishing.*Lunenburg,F.C.,&Irby,B.J.(2008).Writingasuccessfulthesisordissertation:tipsandstrategiesforstudentsinthesocialandbehavioralsciences.ThousandOaks,California:CorwinPress,Inc.*Turabian,K.(1996).Amanualforwritersofresearchpapers,theses,