general presentation about academic research writing

the current presentation is going to teach you how to perfectly write academic research. Research objectives describe what your research is trying to achieve and explain why you are pursuing it. They summarize the approach and purpose of your project and help to focus your research.
Your objectives should appear in the introduction of your research paper, at the end of your problem statement. They should:
Establish the scope and depth of your project
Contribute to your research design
Indicate how your project will contribute to existing knowledge
Research objectives describe what your research project intends to accomplish. They should guide every step of the research process, including how you collect data, build your argument, and develop your conclusions.
Your research objectives may evolve slightly as your research progresses, but they should always line up with the research carried out and the actual content of your paper.
A distinction is often made between research objectives and research aims.
A research aim typically refers to a broad statement indicating the general purpose of your research project. It should appear at the end of your problem statement, before your research objectives.
A research aim typically refers to a broad statement indicating the general purpose of your research project. It should appear at the end of your problem statement, before your research objectives.
Your research objectives are more specific than your research aim and indicate the particular focus and approach of your project. Though you will only have one research aim, you will likely have several research objectives.

1. Research
In virtually every subject area, our knowledge
is incomplete and problems are waiting to be
solved. We can address our incomplete
knowledge and unsolved problems by asking
relevant questions and then seeking answers
through systematic research. We have many
tools at our disposal to help us do these
things—not only physical tools but also
mental and social tools.
Leedy & Ormrod, Practical Research

2. Research in Academic
Settings
-Definition of Research
-A research paper is an in-depth study
of a specific and distinct topic.
-Writer’s interpretation backed up with
facts that show how you reached your
conclusions.
-Audience’s expectations

3. Research ‘simply means trying to find
answers to questions’ (Dornyei, 2007, p.
15),
Research is ‘the organized, systematic
search for answers to the questions we
ask’ (Hatch & Lazaraton, 1991, p. 1)

4. -Research is usually divided into
primary, also called empirical, and
secondary or library research.
- In some texts, ‘Empirical’ is
exclusively used with scientific
method and quantitative research.
For others, it means first-hand data
research.
Research Types

5. Primary = facts-based
Secondary= inferences-based
Inferences of others (in previous
primary researches)

6. -A Report is merely a collection of facts
(i.e., the writer’s perspective is absent)
-A thesis is another type in which the
researcher hypothesizes something to
be checked by a specific procedure.
-Ours are mostly of the second type
Thesis Vs. Report

7. In report no judgement or evaluation is
given of the findings.
Thesis : take a definite stand on an
issue.
A ‘thesis’ is “ a proposition or point of
view that you are willing to argue
against or to defend” (Winkler and
Metherell, 5)

8. Writing a research paper
requires you to seek out
information about a subject,
take a stand on it, and back it up
with the opinions, ideas and
views of others.
The result is known as : term
paper or library paper.

9. What is a Research Paper
A research paper is a report that an
individual presents to others about
the conclusions he or she has
reached after investigating a subject
and carefully assessing the
information he or she has gathered.

10. Research is both ‘Product’ and
‘Process’
The final outcome of the research
process is what we call a (research)
paper.

11. Why Doing Research Papers
Human Curiosity Better understanding
Problem–solving
Development of critical and logical
thinking and sound reasoning and
argumentation

12. -Increase knowledge of a certain topic
-Knowing the conventions of scholarly
writing
-Simply required in courses!