General area of research: English-speaking world – Language, literature and societies
Should be able to conduct the research easily. (working student)
Topic related to : learning/Teaching +school (primary secondary setting)-maybe with a focus on 10-15 years
old+ higher education+ mind+ motivation+culture+gender impact on second language acquisition+ dynamics+
role of language in avoiding
misinformation indoctrination or the reverse impact.
The Research Proposal
Should show strength and originality + make a contribution to knowledge. clear, academically written.
- the research topic
brief outline the area and topic of your research.
• the research context
relate to other work in its field or related fields, + indicate in what ways this research will differ; might mention
monographs on the subject, as well as important theoretical models or methodological exemplars
• the contribution
• show how have arrived at your position and recognised the need for this research, and what it is that makes it
both new and important; should indicate what areas and debates it will have an impact on, what
methodological example it sets (if appropriate) – in short how it contributes to knowledge and to the practice of
our subject. Give examples of the sort of evidence you might consider, and of the questions it might help you to
raise.
• methods
omething striking about your methodology, should explain it.
• the sources and resources you will use
you should delimit the field of enquiry, showing where the project begins and ends; in certain cases, mention
references
• how the project will develop
indicate some of the possible ways in which the project could develop, perhaps by giving a broader or narrower
version depending on what materials and issues you uncover