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- Finnish-English Dictionary (Tuubi - MOT sanakirjasto, link on the left)
- Specialist dictionaries and glossaries (e.g. A Glossary of Video Editing Terms)
- Collocations dictionaries (which adjectives, nouns, verbs and prepositions can be matched together?)
Oxford Collocations Dictionary - Monolingual dictionaries (definitions and grammar)
The Free DictionaryCollocations dictionaries (natural sounding, correct language) - Google expressions "in quotations marks" and see if the expression is used in relevant and reliable contexts.
Write the abstract
- in the first person (My thesis investigates... My final project is a...) or
- in the third person (The author studied... The author carried out a survey...)
2. Check the terminology
Tuubi.metropolia.fi àMOT sanakirjasto
Specialist dictionaries and glossaries
Thesauri / thesaurses (for finding synonyms)
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www.dictionary.cambridge.org
www.m-w.com
www.thefreedictionary.com
Collocations dictionaries (for finding out, which adjectives, nouns, verbs, adverbs and prepositions typically appear together), e.g.,
Oxford Collocations Dictionary, http://5yiso.appspot.com/
You can also google the expressions “in quotation marks”, and assess the reliability of
the texts where the expressions were found.
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The text should be
- formal, but clear and simple
- accessible (easy to read)
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- cohesive (ideas are logically connected)
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Check
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spelling and grammar
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- MS Word 2010:
Review
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- / Language
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- / Set Proofing Language
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Review
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- / Spelling and Grammar
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Final Touches
- Send the
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- whole report/thesis to your designated English instructor
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- as Word document (not a pdf)
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- When you get the
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- instructor’s comments, edit the text
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- and send it back to
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- her once more for final approval.
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There are differences between degree programmes in the School of Creative Industries. Do check what kind of supervise or proof reading might be available or obligatory in your degree programme.