英语语言文学的论文答辩主要分为两部分：自我陈述和回答答辩老师问题，下面对这两部分进行详细讲解。
一、自述(用英语完成)：
1、先问好，再开始自述，自述时间为5-10分钟，要简明扼要，必须将自述内容提纲制作成Powerpoint文件。
2、主要陈述内容(即Powerpoint文件主要内容)：
(1)自己选择这个题目的原因;
(2)设计和实施的简单过程(如，商务方向：采用什么方法来搜集信息、资料等);
(3)自己论文的主要内容(不要念论文，最好用4、5句话简单介绍论文内容，如，商务方向：做了哪些调查，得出什么结论，计划如何实施项目);
(4)仍然存在的问题(如，商务：在实施项目中可能会遇到的风险以及如何解决);
3、最好准备相关文字并熟记(答辩时要脱稿陈述，但是可以看PPT文件)。
4、语言最好简单清楚，不要直接用论文中内容，应该用解释性的句式，如：When I was designing the lessons, I found that .
英语文学论文答辩自我陈述范例：
Good morning all the appraiser committee members. I come from *** , majoring in foreign linguistics and applied linguistics. I am *** and my supervisor is prof.***.With her sincere and intellectual guidance, for nearly one whole year's hard work, I have finished my paper. Finally, it is the show time. This evening I will present my efforts to you all and I gratefully welcome any correction.
the thesis aims at an elucidation of Lessing's chronological shift in her philosophy from rationalism to irrationalism. I choose this as my topic due to the following reasons. Firstly, I am fond of literature works , especially Lessing's works. Secondly, Comparing to the studies abroad, which extends most than 50 years, the Lessing study in China is relatively new. Last but not the least ,as a female , I am keen on the study of feminism. For the above facts, I select the subject of From Rationalism to Irrationalism-on Doris Lessing's Construction of Dreams in Psychological Fictions as the title of my paper.
I hope by studying this short story we can know more about the different arrangements for the dreams and hallucinations in Lessing's works at different period, the thesis aims at an elucidation of Lessing's chronological shift in her philosophy from rationalism to irrationalism.
Next , I will present it to you. Here is an outline of my presentation. They are literature review, gothic tradition , the gothic style in the story and the causes of the gothic style .
The thesis consists of five sections: the introduction, three chapters of argumentation,and the conclusion.
The introduction includes a brief introduction to the writer and the writer's works concerned, the literary review of academic research at home and abroad, the main theory applied in this thesis, and an explanation to the thesis's content, structure and significance.The three chapters of argument consists of 1) an analysis of the coincidental consistency of Lessing's dream construction with Freudian theory; 2) a comparison between the hallucinations in “To Room Nineteen” and the dream images in The Golden Notebook,and an analysis to the distinction between Lessing's and Freud!s understandings on the mechanism of displacement and condensation, on id and superego, and on trauma; and 3) essing's transcendence over psychoanalytic concerns. The last section is brief conclusion of the whole thesis. It restates Lessing's metamorphosis from rationalism to irrationalism.
Ok, that's all. Now you may raise your questions ! I am ready! Thank you !!!
二、回答老师问题(老师用英语提问，学生用英语回答)：
1、大约有6-8个问题，时间将持续10-15分钟。
2、首先要听清楚问题，如果没有听清，可以要求老师重复问题(可以说pardon之类的话)。 3、回答时首先要态度好，要切题，而且不要保持沉默，不会时可以表示抱歉。 4、常见问题： (1)关于选题：如Why did you choose this topic for your paper 或Why were you interested in this project
(2)关于具体部分：
商务方向：SWOT,COSTING,FLOWCHART,RISK,STAKEHOLDER,如Do you think this point a piece of weakness of the shop 或Do you think this a necessary activity for the project
(3)关于背景知识及理论知识：如What does SWOT stand for (商务)
(4)关于论文存在的问题：如In the last sentence on page there are some grammatical errors.
(5)关于项目或论文将来的发展：如：商务方向：If possible, will you carry out the project, and if so, do you think it will make profit
5、带一份定稿(要与老师们持有的论文页码一致)。
6、最后要向老师们表示感谢。
英语语言文学硕士毕业论文答辩一般会问的问题如下：
1、在答辩开始前，答辩老师一般都会让学生介绍一下论文的大概内容，也就是你这篇论文主要写的是什么内容。这个问题很简单，你只要叙述一下文章的整体框架就可以了，即这篇文章主要包括几个部分，每个部分各自写的是什么。一般学生根据文章的大标题来说就可以了。
2、针对论文中某些论点模糊不清或者不够准确和确切的地方，对论据不够充分的地方，对论证层次比较混乱、条理难辩的地方提出问题。论文中没有说周全、没有论述清楚或者限于篇幅结构没有详细展开细说的问题，答辩委员也可能提问。
答辩注意事项：
克服紧张、不安、焦躁的情绪，自信自己一定可以顺利通过答辩。注意自身修养，有礼有节。无论是听答辩教师提出问题，还是回答问题都要做到礼貌应对。
听明白题意，抓住问题的主旨，弄清答辩教师出题的目的和意图，充分理解问题的根本所在，再作答，以免出现答非所问的现象。
若对某一个问题确实没有搞清楚，要谦虚向教师请教。尽量争取教师的提示，巧妙应对。用积极的态度面对遇到的困难，努力思考做答，不应自暴自弃。
答辩时语速要快慢适中，不能过快或过慢。过快会让答辩小组成员难以听清楚，过慢会让答辩教师感觉答辩人对这个问题不熟悉。对没有把握的观点和看法，不要在答辩中提及。
