GUIDELINES FOR FINAL RESEARCH PAPER

Nature of Paper
The final paper is a report of a students research on any relevant topic in
Psychology of Language Learning.
A theoretical paper or a review of a book/article does not count as a final paper.
Research may replicate anyone of the studies dealt with in class but an original
research paper is highly preferred.
Mechanics
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Point of Vie
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Sections
1. Introduction
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establishing a territory! "b% establishing a niche and "c% occupying the niche
5lear statement of the research problem/s or ob:ectives to appear towards the end
of this section
2. Methodology (or Method and Procedure)
Addresses the ;6< of the research process
2ncludes information on corpus of data "sample si*e! sampling techni$ue%!
research design! framework for analysis! instrument! statistical test/s "if any%
3. Results and Discussion (or Findings)
Presents! analy*es! and interprets data gathered
/ata to be presented in te#tual! tabular! or graphical form! or a combination of the
three forms! whichever is appropriate
1#cerpts from sample data to be cited for e#emplification purposes
/ata presented in any of the above forms to be accompanied by a thorou!h
"iscussion
4. Insights (or Discussion or Implications or onclusion and Recommendations)
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/iscussion sections
-ay formulate conclusions based on available data and issue recommendations
based on conclusions
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5ontains the corpus of data on which the analysis has been based
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Prepared by(
/r. 'rancisco Perlas /umanig
Prof. -aya ?hemlani /avid