Republic of the Philippines

CENTRAL MINDANAO UNIVERSITY

College of Arts and Sciences
Department of Languages and Literature
University Town, Musuan, Bukidnon

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GEC 15 (Purposive Communication)

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 Research Proposal Title

Introduction

M1- Begin with the importance of conducting your research proposal/project.

M2- Provide a background about your research proposal/project (1-4 paragraphs).

M3- Cite previous studies related to your project proposal/research paper. Cite the
name/s of the author/s, year, title, objectives, methodology, results, and conclusions.
You can look for related studies by typing the title of your research and add the keyword
“study/thesis/dissertation.” Just be brief. Just mention the salient points.

M4- Cite the problem/gap. It could be limitations or problems in the previous studies or
few studies on that matter.

M5- Cite the general and specific objectives of your study as a solution to the problem
as mentioned in the previous paragraph (M4).

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Objectives of the Study

< This is the Purpose, Scope and Objectives of the project. Every project is
designed to serve a need.>
Example:

Generally, this study aims to evaluate the durability of housing construction and
design using fiber cement siding from hazards. (Major Objective)
Specifically, this study aims:
1.) to determine the strength of the fiber cement siding using … (Specific Obj)
2.) to test the resistance of the fiber cement siding from hazards (Specific
Obj)

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Significance of the Study

<Who are the intended beneficiaries of the proposed project? This section may also
describe who and how many people are expected to benefit from the project, both
directly and indirectly. It should also discuss how intended beneficiaries have been
involved in project design, and their expected role in project implementation and
evaluation.>
<In the first paragraph, enumerate all beneficiaries. Then, discuss each
beneficiary per paragraph.>
Ex.
This study would be of help to the administrators, theses advisers and panel
members, research methods professors, technical writing professors, thesis and
research writers, research publishers, and genre-based instruction practitioners.
First, this study is significant to the administrators. The findings of the study
would open them the need to conduct seminars on how to write research articles that
meet the international standards and make some corrections and adjustments in the
creation of strategies and teaching styles of the instructors and professors.
The thesis advisers and panel members would also benefit from this study
because they would be able to guide their advisees on how to construct their research
abstracts based on genre theory. Moreover, this would provide them knowledge on the
move structures in writing a research abstract.
The research methods professors would be able to direct their students on the
genre of writing academic papers, especially the paradigms in research abstract writing.
Furthermore, this would heighten their awareness that writing a research paper or thesis
has its own genre and that it should be written based on the genre that it belongs.
The technical writing professors would be able to improve their strategies in
teaching the different writing genres that help students improve their writing skills.
The thesis and research writers would also benefit from this study because they
would be able to write their studies appropriately using the move structures in writing a

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research abstract. They could refer to this study as their guide in writing their own
theses and researches.
The research publishers may use this to improve their research publication
because of the information and awareness on the genre of writing research abstracts
that this study highlights. They may use this research as their basis on how to assess
the researches submitted to them for publication.
Lastly, the genre-based instruction practitioners would also have a new source of
knowledge and information regarding the genre of thesis and research writing. They
would be able to use this research if they would look for samples of research abstract
formats and their analyses.

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Scope and Delimitations

< Please follow your paper. You may cite what you are going to study (variables); how,
when, and where are you going to conduct the study, and other relevant information.

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Review of Related Literature
<Provide a background of the project by citing relevant information. Use
headings. Employ in-text citation, which means that each sentence must cite your
source.>

Heading
<Discussion with in-text citation>

Heading
<Discussion with in-text citation>

Heading
<Discussion with in-text citation>

(Contents depend on your paper)

Review of Related Studies

< Cite previous studies related to your research proposal/project. Cite the name/s of the
author/s, year, objective, methodology, results, and conclusions. Be brief.>
Ex.
There have been various researches that study the genre of research abstracts
by looking into the move structures used. For instance, Li (2011) analyzed 40 research
abstracts in linguistics and chemistry in English and Chinese using Hyland’s Framework
for Abstract Analysis (2000) where she found that linguistic abstracts followed the
purpose-method-product-conclusion (M2-M3-M4-M5) pattern in both English and
Chinese. On the other hand, chemistry abstracts varied because English writers
followed purpose-method (M2-M3) pattern while Chinese writers followed method-

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product (M3-M4). The study concludes that each discipline follows a certain format in
writing an abstract.

Methodology
<Please follow your paper. Refer to the theses published in your field as your
guide/reference. Please include the Work Plan and Estimated Cost.>

Work Plan
<Discuss how the entire project will be carried out. >
The major activities of this project are presented in the table below:
Activity Mo 1 Mo 2 Mo 3 Mo 4 Mo 5 Mo 6 Mo 7 Mo 8 Mo 9 Mo
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Research
Planning
and
Designing
Drafting of
the RRL and
RRS
Gathering of
Data
Analysis of
Data
Report
Writing
Submission
of Report

Estimated Cost
<Present an inventory of the materials and/or services needed and their
estimated cost.>
Item Total
I. Personal Services
A. Direct Cost
1. Honoraria (Study Leader @ 3,000/mo) 18,000.00

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 2. Honoraria (RDE Aide @ 331/day for 30 days) 9,930.00
B. Indirect Cost
II. Maintenance and Operating Expenses
1. Grammarly Premium License 6,170.58
(3,085.29/quarter)
III. Supplies and Materials
1. A4 Bondpaper 70 gsm (4 reams) 464.52
2. Universal Ink (Black) 1000mL 862.21
3. Universal Ink (Cyan) 1000mL 862.21
4. Universal Ink (Magenta) 1000mL 862.21
5. Universal Ink (Yellow) 1000mL 862.21
IV. Paper Presentation/Publication 15,000.00

Grand Total (PhP) 53,013.68

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List of References

<Arrange your sources alphabetically>

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