GLOBAL LANGUAGE REVIEW (GLR)

Abstract

As an integral part of dissertations and theses, research scholars in different disciplines require to write a comprehensive chapter on "literature review" that establishes the conceptual and theoretical foundations of an empirical research study. This, however, poses an intellectual challenge to produce a critical review of the published research on a given topic. Therefore, this paper addresses the students problems of writing the literature review in a thesis or dissertation at the graduate and postgraduate levels. It explains the process and steps of reviewing literature for a thesis chapter. These steps include; a) critical reading and note-taking, b) writing a summary of the reviewed literature, c) organization of literature review, and d) the use of a synthesis matrix. The last part of the paper offers suggestions on how to write critically and make the researcher's voice explicit in the chapter.

Authors

1-Sayyed Rashid Shah
Assistant Professor, Faculty of Languages & Translation, King Khalid University, Abha, Saudi Arabia.

2-Fasih Ahmed
HOD, Department of Humanities, COMSATS University, Islamabad, Pakistan.

3-Reena Khan
MPhil. Researcher, Applied Linguistics, Lahore Leeds University, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.

Keywords

Applied Linguistics, Lahore Leeds University, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.

DOI Number

10.31703/glr.2018(III-I).09

Page Nos

136-153

Volume & Issue

III - I