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This study aims to determine the functions of emojis in an online communication. The study was
conducted among the different strands of grade 11 students in the senior high school department of
Lamao National High School during the school year 2019-2020. The result of the study was used as a
basis for proposing a learning content presentation strategy in language teaching
After formulating the general problem of a study, enumeration of its specific problems should follow.
Unlike the general problem which is stated in a declarative form, the specific problems are stated as
questions. These formulated questions, moreover, should all be anchored on the general problem. With
this, the researcher will be guided on how he/she will seek an answer to the problem.
In addition, the researcher must also know that a specific question to be formulated must be a
researchable question, that is, it should begin with words such as “what” and “how.” In this case, the
researcher may be able to solicit responses which can ensure detailed data necessary to the study. Non-
researchable questions, as in, those which are answerable by “yes” or “no” should be avoided.
Non-Researchable Questions:
1. Do the participants use social media platforms for their communication purposes?
4. Will the emojis be used for a language content learning presentation strategy?
Researchable Questions:
1. What are the most frequently used emojis by the participants in the corpus?
4. What learning content presentation strategy can be proposed based on the results of the study?
Now that you have already known the considerations in stating a research problem, it is no doubt that
you may begin to concretize your study by specifying your general problem and its corresponding
specific problems/questions.
Activity:
State your own research problem based on your proposed qualitative research title from the previous
module. Write your answers on your notebook.
General Problem:
(Note: Choose one introductory statement for the general problem stated above.)
Specific Problems:
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