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Describe your thesis.
Summarize the results and possible applications of your thesis.
What have you done that merits a Master's Degree?
Clarifications
Questions probing your understanding of the technical issues
Questions about the validity of your assumptions
Questions asking you to explain why you took a certain approach
Questions about what would happen if something were changed
Questions about possible extensions to your work
Questions exploring the main contributions of your work
Satoshi
What is triangulation? Why did you choose to use this method?
Where did your questionnaire results match the observations? Where were they different?
Why didn't you include observation results for Japan?
Do you think it is really possible for Japan to change to a TETE type environment as in Finland? What do you think the biggest obstacles to enforcing such a program would be?
Lots of little mistakes---why?
Needs page numbers for T/C
problems with bibliography
Saeun
DO you think the difference in motivation could be due to the fact that the classes are required in Japan but not in Korea?
How can Japanese become more extrinsically motivated, and how can Koreans become more intrinsically motivated? Is this preferable?
Which do you think is the most important type of motivation for success?
What strategies do you think are the most important for success?
What is the connection between strategies and environment?
Joe
Why didn't you use more books in your thesis?
Why didn't you redo your numbers?
Why do you think the Chinese government put so much effort into the linguistic background at the Olympics?
Do you think that your survey methods were valid?
Is there anything that the Chinese government can teach the Japanese government to do?
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