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ELT Graduation Research Committee concluded a meeting with the following decisions; For the academic year of 2016-2017 students research presentation is waived. Each paper is to be authorized by three parties (assessors). Each submitted project will be evaluated using the Graduation Research Paper Evaluation Rubric. A sample is provided below. All the projects should pass above 70% in plagiarism checking program. This criteria takes 15% of the total assessment marks. Research projects failing in the evaluation need to be corrected and resubmitted during summer course. Graduation Research Paper Evaluation Rubric

Graduation Research Papers To align with the best practices of academic institutions and in accordance with the requirement of the Tishk International University, fourth year ELT students need to undertake a research project either alone or in pairs. The project comprises two main stages: producing an original, academic text on a specific text of ELT concern, and attending a viva to defend it. This document provides necessary guidelines, requirements, and procedures to assist students and supervisors to plan ahead and coordinate to conduct the projects successfully, and to be well-informed about the expectations. Definitions Graduation Research Project: The first, and major [...]

Research Supervisors By the end of the first semester, students – or pairs of students who work on one project – will be assigned research supervisors. Supervisors are faculty members of the ELT department. Assignment of supervisors is a topic-based process in which instructors choose titles among students’ proposed topics based on their specialty and research interest. Afterwards, supervisors engage in supervision sessions with students on a regular basis until the completion of projects. Throughout these in-person sessions, supervisors ensure that students are clear about expectations, requirements and, most importantly, the quality of the produced work. Student Requirements in Semester One [...]