Undergraduate research and thesis supervision will be conducted in the following areas:
* TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages)
* ESP (English for Specific Purposes -- particularly health care settings)
* CALL (Computer Assisted Language Learning)
* COMMUNICATIONS / MEDIA STUDIES
* Curriculum and Program Development
Students will learn how to...
* read and understand the structure of academic articles.
* conduct library and Internet research to seek out and research a topic of interest.
* create a thesis statement.
* make a research plan.
* write an outline.
* gather data in a systematic way.
* use a variety of analytic tools to interpret results
* write a coherent and comprehensible thesis.
* use academic conventions for citing sources and to properly quote, summarize and paraphrase.
Please answer a few questions before meeting with Dias to discuss the possibility of writing a graduation thesis with him.