What is RRL (Review of Related Literature- a comprehensive analysis and presentation of

literature and studies that are related to the current research.

- To gain better and in-depth understanding of your study focus
- To examine gaps
- To gain insights from previous studies presentation, processes, techniques
CHARACTERISTICS OF RRL
- Relevant (highly connected)
- Recent (not long ago or current)
- Sufficient (not too few, not too many)
POSSIBLE SOURCES OF RRL
- Peer -reviewed research
- Unpublish thesis and dissertations
- Government reports and others
HOW TO WRITE RRL
- Decide on the themes
- Read and evaluate literature and studies to be included
- Write the topic sentence and the organized and paraphrased literature and studies
- Use transition words (likewise, furthermore, moreover, however, on the other hand)
- Recheck the contents and make adjustments if necessary
WHAT DID YOU NOTICED?

MISTAKES TO AVOID
- Writing one paragraph per source.
- Not analyzing the contents
- Copying and pasting of paragraph
- Lack of transition words
- Inaccurate in text citation
- Some authors are not included in the reference part