Research Methodology

HCMC University of Technology & Education

Faculty of Foreign Languages
Unit 1

RESEARCH PROBLEMS & TOPICS FOR

METHODOLOGY RESEARCH
Lecturer: Tin T. Dang, PhD
Email: tin.dang@hcmute.edu.vn

Unit 1
Problems & Topics for Research
1.1 • Research
What is
1.2 • Research report writing
research?
1.3 • Researchers & readers

1.4 • Problems & research

1. What is research? 1. What is research?

 Write down your own definitions of research. Each
definition should include one sentence
 Share your definitions with two friends
 Come up with a new definition that should be the best
for your group. Write it down.
 Is research important for you? Why (not)?

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1. What is research? 1. What is research?

 Write a problem that you have at the moment.
 Write a problem that you think a close colleague of
yours has.
 Write a problem that you think most of your
colleagues have.
 Write a problem that you think students in your
faculty have.
 Write a problem that you think students in your school
have.
 Write three problems that you think EFL students
have.
 What problem is the most interesting to you?
 Do your friends like your problem?

2. Writing research reports

Purposes of writing research report

Writing  Write to remember
research reports
 What has been read
 What others have done
 What has been said.

2. Writing research reports 2. Writing research reports

Purposes of writing research report Purposes of writing research report

 Write to understand
 Arrange and rearrange to see larger patterns
 Sort out different arguments
 Identify disagreements among experts
 Document data.
 Write to test our thinking
 Get thoughts out of head and onto paper to
see if they really are what we think
 Make judgements of our thinking.

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3. The roles of researchers & readers

Researchers Readers
Researchers &  Communicate the thinking in  Judge the thinking presented
the best way possible in the report
readers  Remove all potential threats  Be prevented from taking
to the others advantage of personal others
 Take part in academic  Identify players in the
communities academic world

3. The roles of researchers & readers 3. The roles of researchers & readers
Researchers’ roles Readers’ roles

 I have found some new and interesting information  Entertain me

 I have found a solution to an important practical  Help me solve my practical problem
problem  Help me understand something better.
 I have found an answer to an important question.

4. From problems to research topics

 Look at the problem that you find most interesting again
Problems &  Is it potentially interesting to others?
research  Does it potentially help solve any problem for others?
 Does it potentially help others understand something?

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4. From problems to research topics 4. From problems to research topics

 Look at the problem that you find most interesting again  Look at the paper that you have

 What are the people relevant to your problem? 

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 What are the contexts relevant to your problem?
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 What are the concepts relevant to your problem?
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concepts

people
redefine
contexts Thank you!
your
problem 👉 More discussions are presented on the LMS.
PROBLEM

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