AW-3-Topic selection

Your topic then must be one which allows you to demonstrate original thinking.

Another suggestion is to look for gaps in the literature of your chosen field. If your research can throw some light on that gap, chances are good that you will, with some slight modification, have a worthwhile, even published paper. You have picked a good topic if it is: interesting to both you and your audience broad enough to find several, diverse references

3.3.2 Avoiding a topic that is too narrow

The opposite inappropriateness in writing an academic paper is to choose a topic that is too narrow. A topic that is too narrow will yield inadequate information, limiting your ability to reach a valid conclusion. A too narrow topic is often trivial. It is uninteresting, except to the most limited and specialized audience.



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3.2 Asking questions while planning a paper

One of the effective ways of choosing a topic while planning a research is to ask yourself some questions for generating ideas.
3.3 Strategies for choosing a topic Once you have decided to focus on a subject matter, it should be noted that the tentatively chosen topic will have to go through a process: from broad to narrow, from general to specific.

But if you choose a topic that is too narrow, you will not give sufficient direction to research and probably will necessitate superficial treatment of the subject.

Whether you can avoid choosing too broad a topic depends on the following four aspects: the amount of information available the size of the writing time available intended audience. There are a few strategies for narrowing a topic. Periodical indexes can be especially helpful, since the subcategories provide useful suggestions for narrowing the topic.

3.4 Choosing an interesting topic

Choose a topic in which you are interested. It would be advisable that the subject you choose may fascinate both the audience and yourself. Topic selection for a leading academic journal is a little more demanding. The overriding criterion is a topic which will meet the requirements of the journal you choose and satisfy their requirements.
Asking questions forces you to approach a topic from several different perspectives. The questions suggested are as follows: 1. Is this topic worth studying or researchable? 2. What do I know about what I am writing? What else do I need to know?
Unit 3
Topic Selection
Introduction

Paper writing begins with choosing a subject or topic. Choice of subject, particularly of topic is the first or perhaps the greatest problem in writing. One often begins with the vague idea of one of the general areas of science and technology. The most important thing to do at the very beginning is to focus on a topic or subject.

3.1 Focusing on a topic

To choose a topic calls for using good judgment and making sound decisions. First and foremost is to read the subject classifications provided by a library. There are many subjects there. Look for gaps. Experienced writers know that the quality of their writing depends much on how they handle a topic.

3. Will the results of the study be of interest to people in the same field? 4. Will the study fill a void or the gaps of specific aspect to our discipline? 5. Will the study be likely to extend or develop? 6. Will there be enough data or hard evidence to support the study?
The real challenge in dealing with topics comes when you choose or are assigned a subject that is very broad. 3.3.1 Avoiding a topic that is too broad Generally speaking, any researcher can not avoid choosing a topic that is too broad. If you choose a topic that is too broad, you have to narrow the subject. Otherwise, you will not handle it.



narrow enough to be covered in the available space and time an area to be further explored, and of theoretical or practical value Another strategy for choosing a good topic is that you should follow the following three principles: significant, single, and supportable. For science students, the most important aspect is to learn how to express properly and appropriately in writing a title or topic.