Week 3
Day 5
By the end of this class, students will be able to...
- distinguish key components in title writing and know how they relate to good research topics
- Refine their research
objectivesquestions with more certainty
Warm-Up: Card Creation [10 min]
Questions
1. Name
2. Hobbies
3. Dream job using English
Questions
1. Name
2. Hobbies
3. Dream job using English
Topic Selection Progress [9:15-9:40] 25 min
Pull up STUDENT TOPICS and go over the topics. Encourage students to edit their own topic as they have access and can reach this page from the blog. Then, show students OTHER CLASS TOPICS so that they can get an idea of what others in their program are researching. Notes you should ask students.
1) Are you able to read my feedback? Is it helpful?
2) I will only be uploading feedback to one folder. Ensure that you both have access
3) I have placed sample research articles into some of your folders.
In an effort to get students to see how specific each topic should be for a thesis, give them this worksheet. First, have them fold over the top part and read the titles. Ask them if they see any common characteristics in these titles. Write their ideas on the board. Then, give them a few minutes to complete the worksheet. After this, have them consider the specifics of their own topics.
Other questions to consider:
- Is my study researching unknown information?
- How will the data I collect contribute to the field of TEFL?
What makes a good research question [20 min]
Have students get into groups of three and answer the following questions
Then pull up the Refining Research Questions PPT and go over it with them.
Give students time to work on refining their research questions...circulate for assistance
- What makes a research question important?
- What makes a research question answerable?
- What makes your research design persuasive to others?
Then pull up the Refining Research Questions PPT and go over it with them.
Give students time to work on refining their research questions...circulate for assistance
Research Objectives 40 min
What are the two types of research objectives you will writeWhat is the difference between the two types of objectivesWhat verbs can you use in English to write your objectives
Annotated Bibliography Homework [15 min] 10:40-10:55
Discuss Techniques used for searching for articles
- Key words (have students come to the board and write their key words
- Use the words Study, Research, and other country names
Workshop [50 min]
Individual and Group meetings to assist in Questions and Objectives- 10 minutes each for questions
Supplemental Materials
Writing Objectives Online Source
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Day 6
By the end of this class, students will be able to...
- Refine their research objectives with more certainty
- Define the primary purposes of a literature review
- Identify how a matrix is used to organize a literature review
Research Objectives 40 min
Warm-up Questions
- What are the two types of research objectives you will write
- What is the difference between the two types of objectives
- What verbs can you use in English to write your objectives
ReviewResearch Objectives and Research Objectives Handout Consider pulling up student homework examples and work together as a class to refine objectives.
Place students into these groups and have them share their research questions and objectives. May use student homework examples and work together as a class to refine objectives.
What is a literature Review? 20 min
Literature Review Introduction online source
UCA Thesis Paper Outline: Where does the Literature Review go?
UCA Thesis Paper Outline: Where does the Literature Review go?
A good literature review will convince the reader that your project fits into an established body of
work and addresses a question of concern to the scholarly community, and also that your project adds to our
understanding of the topic by offering something new.
Write on the board:
- Step 1: Narrow to Topic
- -understand what a lit review entails
- Step 2: Find Information
- Step 3: Record Information
- Step 4: Evaluate Information
- Step 5: Organize the review
- Step 6: Write the review
Basic organization to a lit review
Introduction: Gives a quick idea of the topic of the literature review, such as the central theme or organizational pattern.
Body: Contains your discussion of sources and is often organized either chronologically, thematically, or methodologically.
Conclusions/Gap in Research: Discuss what you have drawn from reviewing literature so far. Where does your research fit in? What knowledge is missing in the field that your research can help answer?
Look at UCA student example (it is very mediocre, but it shows where the lit review fits into the outline)
Extras: Time Pending
Sample Research Article with Introduction that includes lit review . Author uses a thematic and chronological style to organize the information leading to the "gap statement"
Sample Thesis Dissertation with Lit Review very good example of organization
Using a Matrix to Organize your sources? 15 min
Teach the students how to build a table in word. Tell them that they can start placing sources into the matrix in various ways. Show them some ways briefly. On Tuesday we will be meeting in the lab. There students will continue searching and filling in their matrix to help prepare them for an organized thorough lit review.
Sources
Nice Sources on Writing a literature Review!! *has sample matrix
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