《writing 4 lesson 2》.ppt

* Research = a “systematic approach to finding answers to questions” (Hatch Farhady, 1982) * * * 1. text language, qq, western movie language 4. brand names, advertising, avoiding offence, 2, * * * Purpose: Why are you doing this study? [personal, practice, research] Context: What do you think is going on? Research Qs: What do you want to understand? * * * Good topic characteristics Topic/title analysis Practice topic talk It is the ‘do not know’ part that makes a logical argument why you’re proposing to conduct the study. For example, if the big question centers on understanding how new species form, during your summary of the literature, you would want to explain what aspect of speciation theory we need to look into further (assuming this is what you propose to study!). * * * * * * * * Nowadays a lot of English major students go outside to study English though they are taught in school. The purpose of the study is to find out why students go outside to study English, even though they are taught in school, and if they get any improvement by doing this, so that I can find out the situation of the training classes and the school training, and make some suggestions to both sides. * * My topic is _______________(topic) Because _________________(problem background) The purpose is to find out what/how/why __________ (questions) so that I/we can_________(significance) (Name the topic) I am studying_________ (Imply your Qs) because I want to find out what/how/why___________ (State the rationale) in order to understand how/why/what__________ (State the significance) so that we will know more about___________ * * * * * * Does everyone have a work-book to write in? Reminder….Who can finish these sentences? Research is … Two major types of research are… The information skills I need to develop are … Research is a systematic attempt to provide answers to questions (Tuchman, 1972) Purpose Product Process ? ? (questions) (a systematic approach) (answers) Two