THE RESEARCH PROPOSAL

HELDA ALICIA HIDALGO DAVILA

UNIVERSITY OF NARIÑOHUMAN SCIENCES SCHOOL

LINGUISTICS AND LANGUAGES DEPARTMENT

Reasons for writing a proposal

Steps to develop the

proposal

• Think about topic• Define what you want to

research• Guide the research process• Help choosing the advisor• Help the advisor in guiding

your work

• Choose a topic• Write the problem• Write the objectives• Write the questions• Write the literature review• Write the methodology

WRITING A RESEARCH PROPOSAL IS:

CHALLENGINGDIFFICULTHARDDEMANDINGFRUSTRATINGTIME CONSUMING

BUT

EXCITING

PROPOSAL FORMAT

Title pageTable of contentsAbstractChapter 1 PROBLEM STATEMENTChapter 2 LITERATURE REVIEWChapter 3 METHODOLOGYBibliographyAppendix

METHODOLOGY

RESEARCH METHODDATA COLLECTION PROCEDURESINSTRUMENTSDATA ANALYSIS PROCEDURESPILOT STUDYPILOT STUDY RESULTS

THE PROPOSAL IS A CHANGING PAPER. IT MEANS THAT THE STUDENT CAN FIX IT AS THE PROPOSAL PROGRESSES. THE STUDENT IS GOING TO NEED TO ADJUST AND SOMETIMES MAKE IMPORTANT CHANGES.

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