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MA-TEFL Thesis Writing Regulations in Iran: Supervisors and Examiners' Comments and Feedback

Sima Shahmohammadi Kaleybar and Parviz Alavinia

Pertanika Journal of Tropical Agricultural Science, Volume 27, Issue 1, March 2019

Keywords: Oral feedback, thesis, TEFL candidates, viva sessions, written feedback

Published on: 25 Mar 2019

Scrutinizing the MA theses, as the culmination of candidates' MA studies, in terms of oral and written feedback, the current research was conducted to pinpoint the mostly addressed regulations of thesis writing by both supervisors and examiners. Furthermore, the chapters receiving more feedback/comments on the part of supervisors and examiners, and the potential differences between oral and written feedback were also probed. To these aims, 23 viva sessions along with 24 first drafts of theses submitted to supervisors were gathered as corpora. The corpora were analyzed based on adapted framework to find out the thesis writing regulations addressed more frequently by supervisors and examiners. Finally, Chi Square analysis was run to see if there is any significant difference between oral and written feedback concerning thesis writing regulations and chapters receiving feedback. The findings of the investigation revealed that universal framework for thesis writing was found to be addressed more frequently in providing oral and written feedback. Furthermore, Chapter Two and Chapter One were the target of most of supervisors and examiners' feedback, respectively. The result of Chi square analysis revealed that there was a significant difference in terms of both, thesis writing regulations as well as chapters. It is hoped that the findings of the study will contribute to the process of thesis writing and facilitate successful viva sessions to both, the candidates and supervisors.

ISSN 1511-3701

e-ISSN 2231-8542

Article ID

JSSH-2644-2017

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