Assalamualaikum! :)
As we have completed our mini research
proposal, we have pondered on some of these things in our mind:
Writing a research proposal requires hard
work, thorough and critical thinking as well as perseverance. Throughout the
process, we, as future researchers were required to read many research
articles. Not only as literature reviews, they have also served us as
idea-giving materials. Without readings, it would be hard for us to base our
research and finding the suitable framework and topic.
Thus, our thoughts on the research process
have changed greatly over this two weeks process. As part of the requirement
for graded assignment in this Computer Assisted Language Studies class, at
first we thought that it would not be too difficult, as we have experienced
writing a research proposal before. However, along the process, we believe that
this research proposal is not the same as what we have completed during
Research Methodology class.
The design may seem the same, but this one is
related to the use of computer in relation to language learning and teaching. A
suitable framework and research design were selected precisely in order to make
this research proposal doable, reliable, and can be replicated for future
research. These are the features that a research should have which we had
planned to accomplish.
There are times when we were really confused
even though we were only choosing the research title. The research process
requires us to look in depth and not just in general sense so that the problem
statement would serve a starting point to answer the research questions if a
research is to be conducted in future.
The research proposal was divided into six
parts namely, the introduction, literature reviews, methodology, expected
findings, reference and appendix. All the research steps of a research paper
were adhered except for findings and discussion parts as this is only a proposal.
As
a CALL-based research proposal, our main focus would be the usage of computer
in language classroom instead of traditional classroom. Thus, as we have chosen
a research entitled “The
Effectiveness Of Reading Comprehension Skill Through The Use Of
Computer-Assisted Language Learning In ESL Classroom”, we have chosen two
softwares which will help the process of learning in classroom. This will
contradict traditional classroom which is pen-and-paper-based.It is anticipated
from the research proposal that the ESL learners in CALL classroom will be
benefitted by the use of computers due to unique features of CALL
classroom.
As the research
proposal has completed, we have learnt that to complete a research proposal,
researchers have to be patient, persevere, passionate, responsible, and
creative in order for the research to expose some new knowledge which may
contribute to the previous findings as well as serving as a new study in a new
field.We hope that this research proposal would be an excellent research
proposal for us to accomplish the mission, maybe in some years after our
undergraduate years ended.
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