Lesson 5 - Subject Matter of The Research and Inquiry
Lesson 5 - Subject Matter of The Research and Inquiry
Lesson 5 - Subject Matter of The Research and Inquiry
SUBJECT MATTER
OF THE
INQUIRY OR RESEARCH
Prepared by:
RUBEN R. DE ASIS, M.Ed- English
GUIDELINES IN CHOOSING A RESEARCH
TOPIC
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.