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Writing research papers—A quantitative perspective 台南女子技術學院應用外語系 周碩貴 5/12/2006 Speech Outline 1. Definition of quantitative studies 2. Quantitative studies frequently seen in TESL/TEFL 3. Research ideas 4. Conventional structure of research papers 5. Conclusion 1. Definition of quantitative studies 2. Quantitative studies frequently seen in TESL/TEFL (1) Comparing means, e.g. t test, F ratio (2) Chi-square analysis, e.g. a questionnaire survey (3) Correlational studies 3. Research ideas Research ideas may come from: (1) Personal curiosity; (2) Solving problems; (3) Theoretical puzzles; and (4) Any combination of the above factors. 4. Conventional structure of research papers (1) Introduction (2) Literature review (3) Method (4) Results (5) Discussion and conclusion (6) References (7) Appendixes (1) Introduction A. Research background B. Research purpose C. Research question D. Definition of terms E. Delimitation F. Significance of the study A brief example of Introduction (1/4) Research background “Based upon the findings of the process approach (Silva, 1990) and the doctrines of the metacognitive theory, an EFL writer can learn to effectively employ writing strategies when the strategies are taught explicitly by such means as teacher modeling.” A brief example of Introduction (2/4) A brief example of Introduction (3/4) Research question “Are there significant differences between students’ writing performances before and after the reading-to-write instruction?” A brief example of Introduction (4/4) Significance of the study “Hopefully, the activities of the reading-to-write instruction, described in the following section, can be informative and useful for the EFL instructors who are also interested in assisting their students to write better by means of integrating reading with writing activities.” (2) Literature review Purposes of literature review A brief example of Literature review According to the aforementioned research question, th