Thesis and Dissertation Writing in a Second Language: A Handbook for Students and their Supervisors

by Brian Paltridge, Sue Starfield

Fully updated and packed with new material, the second edition of Thesis and Dissertation Writing in a Second Language is the ideal guide for non-native speaker students and their supervisors working on writing a thesis or dissertation in English.

Considering the purposes of thesis and dissertation of writing alongside writer/reader relationships, this book uses accessible language and practical examples to discuss issues that are crucial to successful thesis and dissertation writing. This edition



Insights into the experience of being a doctoral writer, issues of writer identity, and writing with authority



Typical language and discourse features of theses and dissertations



Advice on the structure and organisation of key sections



Suggestions for online resources which support writing



Extracts from completed theses and dissertations



Guidance on understanding examiner expectations



Advice on publishing from a PhD



Suitable for students from all disciplines, Thesis and Dissertation Writing in a Second Language is essential reading for non-native speaker students looking to complete a thesis or dissertation in English.

416 pages, Kindle Edition

Published July 25, 2019

About the author

Brian Paltridge is Professor of TESOL at the University of Sydney. His most recent books are Ethnographic Perspectives on Academic Writing (with Sue Starfield and Christine Tardy, Oxford University Press, 2016), Getting Published in Academic Journals (with Sue Starfield, University of Michigan Press, 2016), and The Discourse of Peer Review (Palgrave Macmillan, 2017). He is a former editor of TESOL Quarterly, and an editor emeritus for the journal English for Specific Purposes.