A)
Identify an area of interest such as Language
teaching and learning, Language Testing, Error Analysis, Translation, Teacher
Development and so on
B)
Read the list of proposal and thesis of your
department
C)
Conform it to your supervisor
D)
Reflect and explore possibilities for
preparing your research- departmental researches, current professional issues,
etc
E)
Collect anything that looks useful for your
broad area
F)
Review the available literature (here
literature refers to anything i.e. previous researches, journals, books,
newspapers etc.)
G)
Frame the title
H)
Evaluate the research title from different
perspectives i.e. availability of sufficient data, time, energy, patience etc.
I)
Prepare a framework that includes your vision
for whole research activity (framework of whole research procedure including
research questions. Objectives of study, delimitations, methods and data
collection process, way of analyzing data)
J)
Talk to your supervisor, discuss and finalize
title
K)
Starts proposal writing focusing on its
components
L)
Construct the research tools
M) Attend
viva-voce of proposal
N)
Go the field
O)
Collect data using constructed research tools
P)
Involve in data processing
Q)
Present the data
R)
Involve in discussing data
S)
Prepare first draft of the thesis
T)
Involve in editing and proof reading activity
U)
Attend viva-voce of thesis
V)
Disseminate ideas or information regarding
the research through different ways
A)
Disseminate ideas or information regarding
the research through different ways
Familiar
with the format
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Use TIME NEW ROMAN FONT
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Print in A4 size paper
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For the running text 13 point
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For the immediate heading 14 point
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Use up to 16 point
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For sub-heading- 14, main- heading -15 and
for outer page heading -16
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Margins: right(1 inch), top(1 inch),
bottom(1 inch) and left (1.5 inch)
·
Give page numbers at the centre at the
bottom of the paper
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Preliminary pages should be given in small
roman number
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Use all capital letters for title, chapter
numbers and chapter headings
·
The first letter of the content world and
grammar words having 5 or more in heading or subheading should be capital
·
Follow the APA 6th edition system
for reference/citation
·
Indent the quotation if the quotation is
more than 40
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Use up to 4 digits in categorizing sub
heading for example 1.1.1.1
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Materials should be typed on one side of
the paper
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Minimum pages for the chapter
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Sample size (40 for survey, 30 for
experimental, 20 lesson plans for action)
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