Comments to be addressed in the Research proposal: (as observed by Ms.

Marianne Cuarto)
1. Mechanics:
 Correct font size and style should be followed and should be consistent in the whole paper.
 Alignment should be justified.
 Observe proper grammar. Style of writing should be for academic papers and not for essay,
blogs, or daily journals.
2. Rationale and research problem:
 Background of the study in the research plan would be mostly what’s written in this part but
objectives should be included in the objectives part.
 After stating the background and the problem, then what? Your statements were all left hanging,
you should state the need of doing the research.
3. Objectives:
 The objectives should only be stated here in this section.
 Observe proper punctuation marks in stating your objectives.
 Make sure that your objectives are aligned with the whole paper.
 Use verbs in Bloom’s Taxonomy.
 Objectives should be SMART. Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Realistic and Time-bound.
4. Significance of the study:
 The importance of the study should be elaborated for each: (should be written in paragraph
form)
For school and school administrators, For students, For teachers, For parents, For community
and For future researchers
5. Review of Related Literature:
 There should be an introduction for RRL.
 The articles should be categorized through its parts or topics or variables not by titles.
 The article should only present important summary of the topic.
 Articles should be scholarly and not from blogs and newspapers.
 Observe proper citation.
 Include the synthesis (summary and gap) and the word synthesis as heading.
6. Theoretical Framework:
 Introduce the theory with the proponent.
 Explain why the theory was being used.
 Explain the important factors of the theory in summarized paragraph form.
7. Conceptual Framework:
 Make sure the diagram is organized.
 Explain the framework in one paragraph.
8. Scope and Limitation:
 Always include the scope and limitation that tells the focus and boundaries of your study.
9. Methodology:
 You may introduce the methodology part but do not put what’s already in the other sections of
the methodology.
10. Research Site:
 Don’t describe the place, explain why you choose it. Don’t just focus on the accessibility, focus
on the population.
11. Respondents:
 Total number of participants, sample size, sampling technique and characteristics of participants
should be elaborated.
12. Research design:
 Explain the design used and if it is Quali or Quanti.
 Step by step data collection procedure should be discussed in this section.
13. Data Analysis:
 Explain how the data will be analysed.
14. Research Instrument:
 Describe the questionnaire or interview questions.
15. Bibliography:
 All authors cited above be included in this section.
 Authors should be listed alphabetically.
 Use APA style.
 Remove hyperlink (no blue and underline URL)
 Follow indention as suggested by APA format

O’ Malley, J., & Chamot, A. (1990). Learning strategies in second language acquisition.
Cambridge University Press. (SAMPLE)