Writing a Proposal

1. Writing a Proposal
Noor Shahariah Bt Saleh
Faculty of Science, Technology and Human
Development

2. What is a proposal?
Proposal usually provides an overview of your
project/research that includes:
the research title
the research problems
the research method/procedure and analyses

3. What is a proposal?
 Proposal usually provides an overview of your
project/research that includes:
 the research title
 the research problems
 the research method/procedure and analyses

4. Preparing a survey proposal
Identifying a topic
Narrowing a topic
Forming a thesis statement

5. Identifying a topic
• Generally, the main objective of implementing a
survey research is to solve a problem which
has been observed or identified
• In technical writing, the problem can be initiated
by a query of what and how things occur
• Choose topic that reflects your interest and
understanding

6. Narrowing a topic
The English Language Proficiency among
Malaysian
A poor standard of English language proficiency
among student

7. Continue….
A poor standard of English language proficiency
among UTHM diploma students
Factors that contribute to the poor standard of
English language proficiency among UTHM
diploma students

8. Forming a thesis statement
Thesis statement is a written statement of the
survey research main purpose

9. This survey research investigates the causes of the
poor standard of English language proficiency
among UTHM diploma students.
Thus …

10. Writing up a proposal
• Background of the study
• Problem statements
• Objectives
• Significance of the study
• Limitation of the study
• Definition of terms
• Procedure

11. Format for written proposal
1.0 INTRODUCTION
1.1 Background of the study
• What do you want to investigate?
• Explain the problems in detail (How do you see it as
a problem?)
• What is your part/ opinion in this problem?

12. – 1.2 Problem statements
This research is undertaken to find
solution to the following problems:
1.2.1…………
1.2.2………...
– 1.3 Objectives
The main purpose of this study
is:/This study is done to achieve the
following objectives
1.3.1 to identify………….
1.3.2 to determine………
1.3.3 to find out………

13. 1.4 Significance of the study
- What is the rationale for
conducting the study
- Who is going to benefit from it?
How?
- What is the implication?
1.5 Limitation of study
- What is the scope of the study in
terms of space, location and
samples?
- What are the main constraints?

14. 1.6 Definition of terms
Definition of main concepts of the
research
1.6.1
1.6.2

15. • 1.7 Procedure
The survey would be carried out using the
following methods:
1.7.1 Documents
- What are the information/data?
- How are they collected?
- Who collected the data?
1.7.2 Observation
- What would be observed?
- Who would be observed?
- Where and when would it be observed?
- How would the observation be done?
1.7.3 Survey
- 1.7.3.1 Questionnaire
- 1.7.3.2 Interview

16. Gantt chart
Duration
Tasks
1. Preparing materials for
research
2. Writing up a proposal
3.Submission of the proposal
4.Designing a questionnaire
5.Distribution of questionnaires
6.Collecting the questionnaires

17. Continue…..
Duration
Tasks
7. Analysing data
8. Preparing a progress report
9. Oral presentation of progress report
10.Preparing data for final report
11. Writing findings for final report
12. Writing recommendation for final report