International Journal of Education

Graduation thesis is an essential part of undergraduate talent cultivation, functioning as a comprehensive evaluation of the overall competences of graduates and a critical step in achieving goals of talent cultivation. Researching on approaches of improving the quality of undergraduate English majors’ graduation theses is conducive to the improvement and optimization of the talent cultivation model for English majors and the realization of cultivation goals. By taking Guizhou Qiannan College of Science and Technology as a case in point, this study implements a questionnaire survey on the current situation of undergraduate English majors graduation theses and conducts statistical analyses on the topics of graduation theses over three consecutive academic years. It finds that students generally have insufficient theoretical comprehension of graduation theses writing and weak practical research abilities. Moreover, problems such as severe homogeneity in topic selection and inadequate innovation are prevalent. Based on the OBE concept, this study proposes targeted teaching strategies to improve the quality of undergraduate English majors’ graduation theses.

English major; Graduation thesis; OBE concept; Teaching strategy