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SUMMARY

IDENTIFY THE TOPIC AND FORMULATE THE RESEARCH PROBLEM

Name : Sinta Muchlis


NIM : 22178026

IDENTIFY THE TOPIC


A research topic (also called research question or research problem) provides
focus and structure for the remaining steps in the specific method; it is thread that
binds everything together. Selecting and defining a research topic is the first step in
applying the scientific method. It should entail considerable thought. An initial topic
that is broad and complex often proves unmanageable for study, and the researcher
must narrow its scope to implement or complete the study. When properly defined,
the researcher topic reduces a study to a manageable size.
Here is the step in selecting a research topic:
1. Identify a general subject area, that is related to your area of expertise and is of
particular interest to you. Then, this general area must be narrowed to a more
specific, researchable one. A topic that is too broad can lead to grief.
a. A broad topic enlarges the task of reviewing the related literature.
b. Broad topics complicate the organization of the literature review itself.
c. A topic that is too abroad tends to result in a study that is general, difficult to
carry out, and difficult to interpret
2. Narrowing the topic, You need to read sources that provide overviews of the
current status of research in your topic area and search trough handbook that
contain many chapters focused on research in a particular area. In narrowing your
topic, you should select an aspect of the general problem area that is related to
your area of expertise.
3. Drafting a written statement of that topic, the way in which a topic is stated varies
according to the type of research undertaken and the preferences of the
researcher.
FORMULATE THE RESEARCH PROBLEM
Research problems are generally expressed in terms of research questions and/or
hypotheses. Research questions are the questions for which answers are being sought,
while research hypotheses can be used to express what the researcher expects the
result of an investigation to be.
Research problems are shaped by focusing on the unknown or less explored
aspects of a broad research issue. In the following examples, the stated tentative
research problems highlight one or more ‘what’, ‘how’, or ‘why’ aspect of a wider
research topic. The basic topic from which these problems originate probably contain
more such unknown or problematic aspects that can be considered as further research
problems.
• (Based on the research topic addressing the role of culture in language education:) In
the process of learning a foreign language, how do different aspects of learner’s
identity become involved? Can language learning infuence or alter learners’
identities?
• (Based on the research topic addressing the implementation of EIL and ELF in
English language teaching:) How have EIL and ELF perspectives been received in the
actual classroom practice of teaching English as a foreign language? What are the
possible reasons of such a reception?
• (Based on the research topic addressing people’s attitudes toward foreign
languages:) What are the feelings and attitudes of different groups of people toward
the (national/second/foreign) languages that are being used and taught in their
society? Why have they developed such attitudes?

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