Congratulations on finishing your content!

Now you need to:

1. write table of contents

2. Write 日本語概要

3. Write 謝辞（希望による）

4. CHECK SHEET FOR GRADUATE THESES 

______  You have between 3200-4000 words from introduction to conclusion. 

______  YOU HAVE NO パクリ！！　Credit and reference other people's quotes and ideas! (Do not PLAGIARIZE!!) 

______  You do not use phrases such as “I think…” and “I want…”! 

(Use “It is believed that…” or “The author believes that…” instead, or just omit them!) 

______  You have gotten a complete English check. 

______  You have gotten a complete content check and OK from me. 

______  You have completed a spell check in Word. 


Sections and paragraphs

______  Your sections are all numbered, and have headings such as these (doesn't have to be the exact same): 

  1. Introduction
  2. Background   
  3. Results
  4. Discussion
  5. Conclusion
  6. Bibliography

Sub-sections are numbered 1.1., etc.

______  RULE OF 3: You have at least 3 sections between introduction and conclusion. You have at least 3 paragraphs in every section. You have at least 3 sentences and 3 lines in every paragraph.

______  Your paragraphs are all indented or tabbed the same number of spaces (about 5). 

______  There are no dots or other marks before paragraphs. 

Formatting

______  Your paper is copied into or written in the template at http://www2.kumagaku.ac.jp/teacher/~judy/classes/zemi/2010template.doc 

______  Your title page has your CURRENT title, your name, and the CURRENT DATE AND WORD COUNT. 

______  Your header has a short version of your CURRENT title and your last name.

______ Your title page does not have a header or footer. 

______ Your page numbers begin with page 1 on the first page. 



Figures

______  You have titles for each table, picture, chart and figure. EXAMPLE: Fig. 1. Works Used in this Study (based on Tanaka, 2014)

______  Your titles for each table, picture, chart and figure are UNDER the table, picture, chart and figure. 


Bibliography

______  You have a WELL WRITTEN bibliography with 10 or more sources. 

______  Your bibliography has at least 6 sources from a book or journal. 

______  Your bibliography is in alphabetical order by LAST NAME. 

______  Each source in your bibliography is also cited in the paper, and vice versa. 

______  Bibliography is written according to APA format. 


概要

______ You have a 概要 of 200 or more 文字 in Japanese, and it describes your entire paper including the conclusion!. 




Other


______  You have not used 「 」　These are Japanese! Use quotation marks instead. 

______ Your questionnaire, etc. should be in an Appendix at the end.