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1、1.ThreerequirementsforGPtopicchoice•Interesting:attractreadersandhelpsustainingeffortsorimpetustofulfillthepaper•Significantorworthwhile:withobviousorpotentialtheoreticalorpracticalvaluesoastobenefittoexpandorrenewknowledgeandimprovethesociety•Manageableorfeasible:withinyourkno
2、wledgeandcapability2.Focusingonatopic•Therearemanyaspects/sidestoanysubjectordisciplinethatwestudyatauniversity.Onewayofbreakingdownasubjectintoanumberofsmallersub-topicsistolookatthesubjectclassificationsprovidedbyalibrary.Forexample,underthesubjectofEducationwemayhaveEducatio
3、ninChina,PrimaryEducationinChina,PrimaryEducationinGuangdongProvinceinChina,etc.•Thisshowsthatwecancontinuenarrowingdown(focusingupon)thetopicofourstudy.Forourresearchitisalsopossibletohaveamaintitleandasub-titleasinForeignLanguageEducationinChina:TeachingEnglishWritingSkillsto
4、PrimarySchoolStudentsinGuangdongProvince.•Onethingtorememberisthatwecannothaveaverylongtitlefortheresearchpaper.Itmaythereforebenecessarytofurthernarrow4downthesubject.ThiscanbedoneintheIntroductionsectionofourarticlebyclausessuchasTheaimofthispaperisto…,Thispaperdealswiththete
5、achingof…,etc.Bothinthetitleandsubsequentfocusinginthetextweshouldavoidusingcomplexandtechnicallanguage.Goodresearchpapersstartwithsimpleanddirectthoughtsthatcaneasilybereadandunderstood.•Topicchoosingmainlydependsonyourpriorinterest,knowledge,andwhat’smostimportant,therelateds
6、ources/referencematerials.3Askingquestionswhileplanningtheresearch•Oneimportantfactorinchoosingthetopicistofindoutwhetherornotitisresearchableandmanageable(a:isitworthresearching,b:areyouresourcefulenoughtodotheresearch?)•Expertsinthefieldhavesuggestedthatweasksomequestionswhil
7、eweareplanningourstudy.Thefollowingaresomeimportantquestions:•Isthetopicresearchable,giventime,resources,andavailabilityofdata?•Isthereapersonalinterestinthetopicinordertosustainattention?•Willtheresultsfromthestudybeofinteresttoothers(e.g.,inthestate,region,nation)?•Isthetopic
8、likelytobepublishableinascholarlyjournal?(or4attractiv
