 Systemic Functional Grammar

 Forensic Linguistics
 Social Media Network
 Ho Chi Minh City
 Mt. Kilimanjaro
 Ku Klux Clan
 Philippines’ Underground River
 Climate Change
 The Digital Era
 Carcinogenic Foods
 SUBJECT
MATTER OF THE
INQUIRY OR
RESEARCH
You begin your research
work with a problem.

Mulling over a topic for your

research work drives you to
perform HOTS or higher-
order thinking skills.
A topic is researchable if the
knowledge and information
about it are supported by
evidence that is observable,
factual and logical.
 Guidelines in Choosing a Research
Topic
1. Interest in the subject matter
2. Availability of information
3. Timeliness and relevance of
the topic
4. Limitations on the subject
5. Personal resources
 Research Topics to be Avoided
1. Controversial Topics
2. Highly technical subjects
3. Hard-to-investigate subjects
4. Too broad subjects
5. Too narrow subjects
6. Vague subjects
 Sources of Research Topics
1. Mass media communication-
press (newspapers, ads, TV,
radio, films, etc.)
2. Books, Internet, peer-
reviewed journals,
government publications
 Sources of Research Topics
3. Professional periodicals
4. General periodicals
5. Previous reading assignments
in your other subjects
6. Work experience