1. What is the title of your study? What is it about? What are the purposes and research questions of the study, and how is it significant? (15 marks)
2. Discuss theoretical backgrounds and studies that are related to your research. Careful organization to establish relevancy between the literatures cited and your research is expected. (20 marks)
3. What is the methodology of your research? Describe the subjects involved in the research, variables to be investigated, research method, and the instruments that will be used and the procedures of data collection. (25 marks)
4. How will the data be analyzed? Match results with research questions. In other words, demonstrate how each research question can be answered by analyses of the data. (10 marks)
5. What are the anticipated problems or obstacles when carrying out this research? How are you going to solve these problems or overcome these obstacles? (10 marks)
6. Do you think you will be able to complete your work within two years? Why or why not? Also provide your tentative time scheme. (10 marks)
7. How would your research work contribute to the field of language learning and teaching? (10 marks)