2. A review of the literature
• A directions that has been published on a
topic by registered scholars and researchers.
• When we write the literature review.
Our purpose is to show our reader what
knowledge and ideas have been established on a
topic and what their strengths and weaknesses
are.
3. Expanding our knowledge of the topic
1. Searching for information
The capability to understand about the literature.
Reading a manual or Using a computer.
2. Contrary opinion
The ability to apply principles of analysis helps us
identify unbiased and rightful studies
4. Must do many things
for a literature review
1. Assemble results into a summary of what is
known and is not known.
2. Identify areas of argumentation in the literature
3. Introduce questions that need further research
4. It is organized around and related directly to the
thesis or research question.
5. Self Questioning
It is the question that we ask ourselves
questions which is related to the topics.
⇒We may be able to confirm that our literature
is correct or incorrect .
6. Self Questioning
What is the research problem that my literature review
helps to define.
Are we get what type of literature.
The range of our literature review.
Discussing studies contrary to my forecast
whether the reader think that our review is relevant,
appropriate, and useful.
7. Question about things
like books or articles
Has a problem been what the author has formulated.
From another perspective whether the problem is able
to approached more efficiently.
What is the relationship between the theoretical and
research perspectives.
How does this book or article relate to the specific
thesis or question .
8. A literature review is a piece of
discursive prose
It is not a list describing or condense one
piece of literature.
We are not trying to list all the material
published.
⇒To assemble and measure it according to the
guiding concept of our thesis.
9. When we are writing
an annotated bibliography
We may need to assemble each topic briefly.
We use entirety introduction and conclusion to
state the range of our coverage and to formulate
the question, problem, or concept your chosen
material illuminates.
⇒Usually there are the opinion of grouping topics.
We will be able to write a paragraph and to
present the focus of each topics
