Lesson 6

• It is an evaluative report of previous studies related to the subject matter of an academic paper.


  Literature Review
• A literature review aims to: -such studies in

  connection with the topic of a paper.


  • Describes
  • Summaries
  • Evaluates
• A literature review also gives a theoretical basis for a research and helps a writer determine the: of his or her own study.


  • nature
  • scope
  • limitation
• It is important that you learn how to write

  a literature review because it shows how

  much you have researched or knowledge about the topic

  of your paper.
• It is an essential part of a research paper because it provides credibility to the research.


  Literature review
• A credible research contains factual information from related studies done by several experts in the field.
• A literature review should be _____ and _______ like the rest of your paper. It should also be _____ to the topic of your paper.

  • Well written
  • Organized
  • Relevant
• If your review doesn't have any of these important characteristics, your review your review will not be able serve its purpose:


  To Provide Background about the Topic of the Study
• A literature review is a proof of how much a researcher has: - of his or her research topic


  • Read about and understand the significance
• A literature review should also be as comprehensive and as relevant as possible.
• • THREE CONSIDERATIONS IN WRITING A LITERATURE REVIEW

  1. Unique Features of a Text
  2. Purpose and its Audience
  3. Pattern of Development
• These are pieces of information about a particular topic that are taken from various published papers.


  Content of a Literature Review
• A literature review also establishes theoretical discussions on why the researchers should conduct the study, while synthesizing the findings of the research on what is lacking.
• It is the main reason why the study is conducted.

  Research Gap
• A literature review is an essential piece in the research gap where a common process of scrutinizing occurs on what is lacking in a study.
• A literature review helps:

  • Establish the research gap
  • Find a reason why we need to conduct the study
  • Give a contribution to the study of knowledge
• Aspect of what is unexplained in a study


  Research Gap
• It also serve as the sole of the research paper


  Research gap
• A research gap cites the: -of your study

  • Advantages
  • Disadvantages
  • Effects
• A literature review integrates or cites authors relevant to the problem, while being a general overview to the global context to local context.
• Nature of your study

  Local Context
• The information in a literature review may be arranged:

  • Chronologically
  • Thematically.
• Its organization may depend on the type of information to be presented. 


  Unique Features of a Text
• The content of a Literature Review are pieces

  of information about a particular topic that are

  taken from various published papers.

  UNIQUE FEATURES OF A TEXT
• Organizing the information according to topic or points made.


  Thematic Arrangement
• Sequencing the pieces of information based on the date they were published.

  Chronological Arrangement
• In writing a literature review, your intended audiences are primarily readers (or researchers) who want to find out more information about the topic of the study.
• In addition, a literature review may be written for professionals who would like to become updated with the latest trends in the field.
• Considering your audience, you purpose must be to inform.


  PURPOSE AND ITS AUDIENCE
• It may be used when organizing the information that you have obtained from general to specific.


  Exemplification/classification pattern
• In Exemplification/classification pattern, begin with a general point or classification and supporting it with specific examples.
• In Pattern of Development, the following pattern organizer may also be used whenever necessary:

  • Description or Definition
  • Comparison and Contrast
  • Cause and effect pattern