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HOW TO DO RESEARCH

Ms Trần Thị Diệu Long


[email protected]
Agenda
• Course information: course aims, materials and assessment
• Reading: key terms
• Group work: planning and assigning roles
• Analyzing a sample final research paper with components
• Homework
Course aims
• knowledge about research process, methodologies, academic tone and
academic publication.
• skills of asking and refining a question, finding out what others have
done, choosing a research approach and the design frame, doing
fieldwork and collecting data, analyzing findings and drawing
conclusions.
• attitudes towards effective learning habits include working in groups
effectively, planning study time to complete the weekly tasks as well as
the capstone project and reflecting on their learning experience.
Course materials
 [1] Thomas, G. How to do your research project: A guide for students (3rd ed).
London: Sage, 2017. [53255]
 [2] Nguyễn Văn Tuấn. Đi vào nghiên cứu khoa học. HCM: Tổng Hợp Thành Phố
Hồ Chí Minh, 2012. [17857]
 [3] The coursebook’s companion website with video and worksheets:
https://study.sagepub.com/thomasrp3e
 [4] Academic Phrasebank http://www.phrasebank.manchester.ac.uk/
A.1.1 Personal and group Weekly
written plan and in-class 10%
responses
A.1.2 Topic presentation Week 2-6 10%

A.1.3 Research questions End of week 2 5%


A1. Formative assessment
A.1.4 Literature review End of week 4 5%
A.1.5 Methodology End of week 5 10%
End of week 6
A.1.6 Data analysis and findings 10%

Total 50%
A.2.1 Test End of week 6 10%
A2. Midterm exam
Total 10%
End of week 8
A.3.1 Final paper submission
40%
A3. Final assessment and group work report

Total 40%
Total 100%
Discussion
 In your daily life, have you ever
researched something? Why did you
need to do it?

 Whenever you have a problem (e.g. in


friendship, family, or love), do you often
investigate the reasons why it’s
happening to you?

 Do you think that it is necessary to do


research in our daily life? Why or why
not?
Homework
1. Read chapter 1 and answer the 4 questions: research,
research questions
• What is research? What are some purposes of doing
research?
• What makes a good research question?
• What should we write in the Introduction?
• What are the elements of a research paper?

2. LMS Group assignment

3. Prepare for group plan and project management

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