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TOPIC STATEMENT
By Rafael Ferrer M.
When you face a
research or a thesis,
the first step you need
to do is to write your
topic statement. Here
you’ll find some hints
to do such task.
Identifying a reseach topic
Charateristics of your reseach topic
Your research topic statement
Examples of research topic statement
Hints to write your topic statement
Evaluate your own topic statement
Links for further help
You can get your
research topic
from:
An area of your interest
Teaching translation
Translation working field
Conference interpretation
Trasnlation in cultural interchange
An area related to
your
specialisation
An actual problem you
have in your
development
Your favourite
subject at school
•Bibliographical
references (from
your school
books, papers,
serials, lectures,
etc.)
Newmark, P. (2003). A textbook
of translation. Essex, England:
Pearson Education Limited. (1a.
publicación 1988)
The first step is that the student
asks himself what is the topic on
which his research will be base
on. In the case that he has already
chosen a topic, or at least he has a
grasp of it, then it must be
evaluated if this topic is feasible
to carry on in a research, taking
into account its importance,
magnitude, feasibility,
congruence and viability, as well
as the required knowledge to do
the research.
Computing
Material design
Fashion topics in
lectures, leaflets, etc.
Questions from your
school material, classes,
etc.
English IV
Linguistics
Semantics
Introduction to translation
Consecutive interpretation
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7
7
10
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Newmark, P. (1988). Approaches
to translation. Hemel Hempstead,
Hertfordshie: Prentice Hall
International (UK). (1a.
publicación 1982)
Sánchez Calderaro, D. (1998).
‘Considerations on teaching
translation’. Translation Journal
Vol. 2. No. 3. [On line]. Disponible
en línea en
http://accurapid.com/journal/05ed
uc.htm. (fecha de acceso 08 de
abril de 2005)
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Interesting
Be sure your
research topic
has these
caracteristics:
Researchable
Narrowed
Specific
Information available
Accurate
Challenging
Manegeable
Debatable
Originality
One point
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Express your
research topic in a
statement
+ v+ c
It has a conjugated verb
It has a unit of analisis(subjects,
documentes, institutions, etc.), two
variables (aspects you can and
cannot manipulate).
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Improving
Reading
Comprhension
Improving
Reading
Comprhension
through the Use of
Reading Skills
The use of literal
translation
improves students’
learning
vocabulary
The limitations of the MT
(Machina Translation)
affects the naturalness of
a technical text
translation output
Too
general
Not a
statement
Good...
Good...
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Write an aspect of your area
of interest which you could
manipulate, control, etc. For
example: translation of
simple sentences
Write an aspect of your area
of interest which you could
not manipulate, control, etc.
For example: translation
competence
Write an element in which
you could apply, observe, etc,
the above aspects. For
example: first semester
students
Organise the above written
elements in a coherent
statement
translation of simple sentences
translation competence
First semester students
The translation of simple sentences
as a didactic strategy develops first
semester students’ tranlation
competence at the cohesive level
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Interesting
Write your topic statement
and tick each aspect it
fulfills. If your topic lacks
more than 3 then think
deeper and rearrange it.
Researchable
Narrowed
Specific
Information available
Accurate
Manegeable
If you are not sure about
what a statement is, first
check in a grammar book
Challenging
Debatable
One point
A conjugated verb
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a unit of analisis(subjects,
documentes, institutions, etc.),
two variables (aspects you can
and cannot manipulate).
A coherent statement
For further help check these links...
Turner (2007) Writing a topic sentence.
http://www.writingcentre.uottawa.ca/hypergrammar/p
artopic.html
Anson (2007) Thesis statements
http://www.unc.edu/depts/wcweb/handouts/thesis.htm
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Wells (2008) How to write a thesis statement
http://www.indiana.edu/~
wts/pamphlets/thesis_statement.shtml
University of Ottawa-Canada’s University
http://www.uottawa.ca/academic/arts/writcent/hypergr
ammar/thstatment.html#thesis%2ostatement
Writing tutorial services
http://www.indiana.edu/~wts/pamphlets/thesis_statem
ent.shtml #unassigned
Handouts and links
http://www.unc.edu/depts/wcweb/handouts/thesis.htm
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