Lesson 5 - Subject Matter of The Research and Inquiry

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LESSON 5:

SUBJECT MATTER
OF THE
INQUIRY OR RESEARCH

Prepared by:
RUBEN R. DE ASIS, M.Ed- English
GUIDELINES IN CHOOSING A RESEARCH
TOPIC

1. Interest in the subject matter


2. Availability of information
3. Timeliness and relevance of the topic
4. Limitations on the subject
5. Personal resources
RESEARCH TOPICS TO BE AVOIDED

1. Controversial topics.
2. Highly technical subjects.
3. Hard-to-investigate subjects.
4. Too broad subjects.
5. Too narrow subjects.
6. Vague subjects.
SOURCES OF RESEARCH TOPICS
1. Mass media communication – press (newspapers, ads, TV, radio, films, etc.)
2. Books, Internet, peer- reviewed journals, government publications
3. Professional periodicals like College English Language Teaching Forum,
English Forum, The Economist, Academia, Business Circle, Law Review, etc.
4. General periodicals such as Readers’ Digest, Women’s Magazine,
Panorama Magazine, Time Magazine, World Mission Magazine, etc.
5. Previous reading assignments in your other subjects
6. Work experience – clues to a researchable topic from full-time or part-time
jobs, OJT (on-the-job training) experience, fieldwork, etc.
CHECK THE TITLE THAT APPEARS TO BE THE BEST IN
TERMS OF NARROWING DOWN A BROAD TOPIC.

1. _______ Symptoms of AIDS


_______ Physical Symptoms of AIDS
_______ Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome or AIDS
2. _______ History of Traditional Grammar
_______ History of American Traditional Grammar
_______ Traditional Grammar
3. _______ The Psychology of Reading
_______ A Study of Human Behavior
_______ Sensory Experience in Reading
4. _______ World Ideologies
_______ Feminism in the Digital Era
_______ Feminism in Nick Joaquin’s Latest Novel
5. _______ Communication Skills
_______ The Writing Process
_______ Pre-writing Strategies
6. _______ War Among Nations
_______ World War II
_______ Japan’s Role in World War II
7. _______ Hotel and Restaurant Management
_______ Food Serving Techniques
_______ Russian-Plate Service
8. _______ The University of the Philippines
_______ The History of the University of the Philippines
_______ The University of the Philippines in the 1960s
9. _______ Philippine Transportation System
_______ Metro Manila’s Transportation System
_______ Manila’s LRT/MRT Systems
10. _______ The Enactment of Laws in Congress
_______ The Governing Bodies of the Philippines
_______ The Congress of the Philippines
Directions: Use numbers 1 to 5 to show the order of these topics if you narrow them
down from general to the most limited topic.

1._______ Man’s Personality 3._______ Pluses and Minuses of Teenage Marriage


_______ The Right Lobe of the Brain _______ Teenage Marriage
_______ The Five Aspects of Personality _______ The Advantages of Early Marriage
_______ The Intellectual Aspect of a Person _______ Marriage
_______ Brain Components _______ Human Relationships
2._______ Prose and Poetry
_______ Fiction
_______ The Legend of Mayon Volcano
_______ Philippine Literature
_______ Legends

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