MANAGING YOUR OWN
RESEARCH
I Made Sujana
What Factors make successful Academic Writing?
Students
(readiness, self-confidence Motivation, personality, planning, expectation etc.)
Facilities $ supports
(financial, other fac.)
Supervisors (time
availability, relationship, communication,
expectation)
Topic selection
Supervisors
Research method understanding
Reading and analyzing resources
What’s Research?
A systematic investigation into and study of materials, sources, etc, in order to establish facts and reach new conclusions (Oxford
Encyclopedic Dictionary)
Structure of Research
begin with broad questions
narrow down, focus in
operationalize
OBSERVE
analyze data
reach conclusions
generalize back to questions
Purpose of Thesis Writing for S1 Degree
To train students to think logically and
scientifically in solving phenomena/problems
(from identifying, investigating problems, conducting study, and writing research
Components of Research Proposal
CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION
Provide information about problems in the area being investigated a guiding concept to discover new knowledge:
Posing problems and reasons why it is important to be investigated; evidence (data) to support
CHAPTER 2: LITERATURE REVIEW
What s Literature Review?
the methodical investigation of all published sources for information bearing on a usually scientific or technological subject (Merriam-Webster Dictionary)
Why review literature?
To provide background information
To establish the importance of the study
To demonstrate familiarity of your topics
to determine an appropriate research
design/method (instruments, data collection and analysis methods) for answering the research
question
To determine the need for replication of a well
What are the steps in writing Literature Review?
Planning
Reading and Researchi
ng
Analysing
CHAPTER 3: RESEACH METHOD
Related to what are you going to do to solve
Components of Chapters III
Components of Chapter
III Data Analysis
Quantitative
(for data related to numbers)
Qualitative
(for data related to words)
Kinds of research Approach used to solve problems
Quantitative vs Qualitative (experimental, correlation, CAR Ethnography, case study, etc.
What’s Population?
What is Sample?
How to decide Sample (Sampling Techniques)
Kinds of data
Avoid Plagiarism
What s Plagiarism?
Quoting/taking other people s work without
What does it include?
Using another writer s words without proper citation Using another writer s ideas without proper citation Citing a source but reproducing the exact word
without quotation marks
Borrowing the structure of another author s
phrases/sentences without giving the source
Borrowing all or part of another student s paper
How to Avoid Plagiarism?
Be honest and be careful
Always acknowledge ones works
Paraphrase others ideas and acknowledge
the sources
Be aware of the uses of direct vs. indirect
quotations
Tips in Planning Research Proposal
Think about whether there is an area of English
language teaching/learning that you want to study? Make a list of possible topics.
Is there a specific topic from your list that you
want to work on? Why?
What is your research question?
Do you think that your research question
addresses the issue(s) you raised?
Do you have any external source of information
What actions you are going to take to realize your study?
What research methods are you going to take to monitor your study?
How are you going to ensure trustworthiness of your research?
