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• Research Title


  The most important element that defines the research problem
• Research Title


  • It is usually read first and the most read part of the research
  • It contains the least words enough to describe the contents and purpose of your research paper
  • It can be revised any and many times as the research develops and reach its final phase. It becomes final on its final defense before the panel of judges
• Elements of a Research Title

  • The subject matter or topic to be investigated ("What?")
  • The place or locale where the research is to be conducted ("Where?")
  • The population like the respondents' interviewees ("Who"?)
  • The time period of the study during which the data are to be collected ("When"?)
• Research Title Examples


  • The teaching of English in the high schools of Province A during the school year 1989-1990 as perceived by teachers and students
  • The effects of the use of cell phones on the academic performance of senior high school students at Department of Education during the first semester, school year 2018-2019
• Rules in Choosing a Research Topic

  • Interest in the subject matter
  • Availability of information
  • Timeliness and relevance of the topic
  • Limitations on the subject
  • Personal resources
• Availability of information


  Information will serve as evidence to support your claims about your subject matter from varied forms of literature like books, journals, and newspapers, among others, is a part and parcel of any research work
• What to include in the investigation of the available materials

  • Update and authority of the materials
  • Copyright dates of the materials? Are they new or old?
  • Expert or qualification of the writers of reading materials about your topic
• Timeliness and relevance of the topic


  • It yields results that are useful in society
  • Related to the present. (Except for pure or historical research)
• Research Topics to be avoided

  • Controversial topics
  • Highly technical subjects
  • Hard-to-investigate subjects
  • Too broad subjects
  • Too narrow subjects
  • Vague subjects
• Sources of Research Topics

  • Mass media communication – press (newspapers, ads, TV, radio, films, etc.)
  • Books, Internet, peer-reviewed journals, government publications
  • Professional periodicals like College English Language Teaching Forum, English Forum, the Economist, Academia, Business Circle, Law Review, etc.
  • General periodicals such as Readers' Digest, Women's Magazine, Panorama Magazine, Time Magazine, World Mission Magazine, etc.
  • Previous reading assignments in your other subjects
  • Work experience – clues to a researchable topic from full-time or part-time jobs, OJT (on-the-job training) experience, fieldwork, etc.