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9780335212842

How to Survive Your Viva

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  • ISBN13:

    9780335212842

  • ISBN10:

    0335212840

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2003-08-01
  • Publisher: Open University Press

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Summary

The oral examination is a new type of communication event. It requires the highest standard of communication skills. Writing a thesis or dissertation requires students to pull their ideas together into a unified whole; oral examinations take it all apart again. Typical questions, and strategies for answering them, are provided in order to help participants prepare and practise. The book features: *Real examples of questions and answers*Narratives of experiences*Planning tools*Preparation framework*Specific verbal strategies to use in the viva to do justice to the thesis*User-friendly writing style*Reading list This is the first book to provide comprehensive coverage of the viva. It is an essential handbook for all involved in oral examinations: students, supervisors, tutors and examiners, including undergraduate, Masters and doctoral examinations.

Author Biography

Rowena Murray is a senior lecturer int he Centre for Academic Practice at the University of Strathclyde. Rowena runs consultancies on Writing for Publication for universities across the UK and overseas and for other institutions, such as healthcare trusts. She has published on aspects of acdemic writing.

Table of Contents

Introduction
What is a viva?
Roles and responsibilities
Countdown to the viva
Questions
Answers
Interactions
Practice
Outcomes
A new type of communication event
Bibliography
Index.

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