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1、Finding,formulatingandexploringyourtopic.DifferenttopiccreationsManystudentshaveinmindsomethingthattheywanttoworkon;otherswanttoworkwithaparticularscholarorresearchcentre.Inthefirstcase,studentssearchforacompatiblesupervisor.Inthesecond,foratopic.Regardlessofthesepreliminarycircumstanc
2、es,thetopicisverylikelyonlyroughlyformulatedatthisstage・Thisisusuallyenoughtohaveyourenrolmentaccepted・ReadingtheliteratureOnceyouhaveageneralidea,youcouldstartbytalkingtoyoursupervisorandotherscholars.But,mostimportantly,youhavetothinkwhyyouwouldliketoworkonit,orwhyanyonewouldwanttodo
3、so.Askyourself,”Whyisitimportant?Whatisinterestingaboutthis?SupposeIsolveit,orfindit,orpullitalltogether,whatuseisit?Whatisitssignificance?nThen,withsomequestionssuchastheseinmind,goandreadmoreaboutittoseewhatisthereandfindoutwhataspectsofithavebeenexhausted,whatneglected,whatthemainid
4、eas,issuesandcontroversiesareinthearea.Itisregardedasyoursupervisorsroletodirectyoutothemostfruitfulstartingpointinreadingandsurveyingtheliterature.CycleofliteraturereviewAllofthisisnotaonceonlyactivity,butisacycleyougothroughagainandagain.Soyouread,think,anddiscussitwithyoursupervisor
5、andthen,asaresult,comeclosertotheformulationofthetopic.Andthenwitheachcycleofreading,thinkinganddiscussingyourtopicbecomesmorespecificandfocussed.Thisisnotthefinalformulationandthelasttimeyouwillfocusyourtopic.Butyoucouldprobablyletgoofthisroundofgeneralexplorationandembarkonthenextsta
6、ge・YoursupervisorbythistimeshouldhaveenoughofanideaofyourtopictojudgewhetherornotwhatyouproposetodoisfeasiblewithinthetimeavailableandhasthepotentialtomeettherequiredstandardsforaPhD.Toseethefullpotentialofyourtopicor,tothecontrary,seethatitisnotgoingtodeliverwhatyouwanted,youdoneedtob
7、egindoingyourresearch・This,ofcourse,iswhypilotstudiesareoftenundertaken.MakingsenseoftheliteratureWedotrulywishwecouldtellyouaboutareliableorsimplewaytomakesenseofthe1iterature・Wccansay,however,thatyouneedtoattendtothingsattwolevels:•Oneisestablishingasystemthatwi11allowyoutoorganise
