Module 8

• Literature Review


  Part of the research where you should define or identify the general topic, issue, or area of concern, thus providing an appropriate context for reviewing the literature
• It is part of the research where you should define or identify the general topic, issue, or area of concern, thus providing an appropriate context for reviewing the literature.
• It stresses out the importance of the thesis statement
• It gives the written work a sense of completeness
• It does not leave a final impression to the readers
• It demonstrates good organization
• The proposal might not be consistent with the donor's interests
• It must be made to someone who either accepts, rejects or modifies it
• It is being written for presentation to another party in order to gain its acceptance
• It does require presentation with a sufficient degree of clarity and persuasiveness to be convincing
• It is the main focus of the study
• It is the question (s) that the research will answer
• It must be composed of measurable concepts that cannot be operationally defined
• It can be a result of observation (induction) or can be deduced from existing theory
• Objectives of the Research

  Statements of the specific intent or purpose of the research
• APA 6th edition


  Writing style format widely used in research
• What is already known about the topic
• What concepts and theories have been applied to the topic
• Who are the key contributors to the topic
• You need to memorize everything but you should know the key points
• Be sure to proofread and edit as needed
• Read the paper from the last word to the first word
• Having someone else read it aloud to you is a waste of time
• After receiving some suggestions, create new outline by noting points you want to hit
• Significance of the study


  Simply state how your research work will help other researchers, educators, organization practitioners and policy makers
• In this area, mention how your study addressed the existing issues/problems/concerns that made you choose your topics
• To answer this question, simply tell your audience/panelist that the findings from your study can be generalized to other relevant settings, group or case study
• Show the descriptive results from the study in a convincing and clear style. Make sure your findings refer to your research objectives/questions
• Presentation, Analysis and Interpretation of Data


  This chapter talks about the result of your study. Here you are going to present the data gathered using the questionnaire you used by tabulating all the gathered data
• Your conclusion should be based on your findings
• This is where you summarize your interpretation of data in Chapter 4
• Recommendations should be directly based on the significance of the study
• It is the part of your research where you describe the instrument you used, for example the questionnaire
• Title Page is consists of the research title, names of the researchers and name of the English teacher
• Table of Contents contains the accurate paging of each part of the research paper
• List of Tables/Figures contains the accurate paging of each part of the research paper
• Acknowledgement is a personal page where the researchers are given the privilege to extend gratitude to all people who helped in accomplishing the research
• Parts of the Research Paper

  • Chapter 1. The Problem and It's Background
  • Chapter 2. Review of Related Literature
  • Chapter 3. Method and Procedures
  • Chapter 4. Presentation, Analysis and Interpretation of Data
  • Chapter 5. Summary, Conclusion and Recommendations
• Presenting research


  1. Organize the idea on how you present in the chapter

  2. Acknowledge the author of the source material where you gather your literature

  3. Edit. Rewrite
• Chapters in a research paper


  • Chapter 3 Method and Procedures
  • Chapter 4 Presentation, Analysis and Interpretation of Data
  • Chapter 5 Summary, Conclusions and Recommendations