HOW TO ADJUST YOUR TOPIC

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1、Howtoadjustyourtopic?Howtoknowifyouneedtoeitherbroadenornarrowdownyourtopic？1）Theamountofresourcesisoftenagreatguide；2）Theothergreatguideisthepopularityofthesubjectareaortopicitself.Whywouldyouhavetoadjustyourtopic?Yourtopicistoobroad;Yourtopicistoonarrow;Yourtopicist

2、ootechnical;Yourtopicistoosubjective;Yourtopicistoocontroversial;Yourtopicistoofamiliar.Howtoadjustyourtopic?(1)NarrowingDownaTopicWhydoso?---tomakethestudymeaningful;toprobedeeply;toachieveasenseofaccomplishment.Howtodoso?---Todoreading,andlearnfromtextbooksorotherbo

3、oks(theirdivisionofasubject);---Toreadanencyclopedia,entries,categories;---Torelateyoursubjecttoyourinterest.SuggestionsfornarrowingdownatopicMakinguseofperiodicalindexes(索引）,whosesub-categoriesprovideveryusefultipsandsuggestionsforyou;Movingstepbystepfromabroadtoanar

4、rowerandstillanarrowertopicuntilyougetthesuitableone;Consultingyourtutororadviserforadvice.Toaddmoremeaningfulwords,andthuslimiters,toyour"topic";Usingthejournalist's5Wsagaintorestrictyoursubjecttoaparticulartime,place,kind,qualityetc;Focusonaparticularevent,time,pers

5、onorgroup,and/orplace.Example(1)–General:TheAmericanCivilWar–Restricted:CausesoftheVictoryoftheNorth;–Morerestricted:TheSupportGiventotheUnionArmybythePeople;–Thetopicchosen:BlackSoldiersintheUnionArmyExample(2)General:EnglishTeachingRestricted:EnglishTeachinginChinaM

6、orerestricted:20th-CenturyEnglishTeachinginChinaThetopicchosen:EnglishTeachinginthe"CulturalRevolution"BroadeningaTopicThetricktobroadeningistolookforassociationsandthecontextaroundyourtopic.Replacingitscentralconceptswithmoregeneralconcepts;Reviewingbackgroundinforma

7、tion;Selectingmoregeneralkeywords,oromittingthekeywordsthatoverlyspecifyyourresearchquestion.ExampleNarrow:TheEffectsofTeenageDrinkingandDrivinginFloridaduringthe1990sBroader:TheEffectsofTeenageDrinkingandDrivinginFloridaMorebroader:TheEffectsofDrinkingandDrivinginFlo

8、ridaSuitabletopic:TheEffectsofDrinkingandDrivingFactorsforchoosingatopicThesignificanceofyourresearch;Youraudienceorreaders;