The document discusses how to write an effective literature review. It states that a literature review demonstrates knowledge of the research problem, understanding of theoretical issues, ability to critically evaluate literature, and integration and synthesis of existing research. It should provide new insights, resolve important issues, and fill gaps in the literature. When writing a literature review, one should cite sources, compare and contrast arguments, and connect the literature to one's own research.

1. PROF.DR.MEHMET YEŞİLTAŞ
CYPRUS INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY
LITERATURE REVIEW WRITING

2. Literature review
Connected to the background and
significance of your study is a section of
your proposal devoted to a more
deliberate review and synthesis of prior
studies related to the research problem
under investigation.

3. Literature Review
 Demonstrates your knowledge of the research problem.
 Demonstrates your understanding of the theoretical and
research issues related to your research question.
 Shows your ability to critically evaluate relevant literature
information.
 Indicates your ability to integrate and synthesize the
existing literature.
 Provides new theoretical insights or develops a new model
as the conceptual framework for your research.
 Convinces your reader that your proposed research will
make a significant and substantial contribution to the
literature (i.e., resolving an important theoretical issue or
filling a major gap in the literature).

4.  Cite, so as to keep the primary focus on the literature
relatable to your research problem. Gives credits to those
who have laid the groundwork for your research.
 Compare the various arguments, theories, methodologies,
and findings expressed in the literature: what do the
authors agree on? Who applies similar approaches to
analyzing the research problem?
 Contrast the various arguments, themes, methodologies,
approaches, and controversies expressed in the literature:
what are the major areas of disagreement, controversy, or
debate?
 Critique the literature: Which arguments are more
persuasive, and why? Which approaches, findings,
methodologies seem most reliable, valid, or appropriate,
and why? Pay attention to the verbs you use to describe
what an author says/does [e.g., asserts, demonstrates,
argues, etc.].
 Connect the literature to your own area of research and
investigation: how does your own work draw upon, depart

5. TWO KEY ELEMENTS
DECRIPTIVE
 what happened-describe
 What the author discussed, found and did
INTERPRETIVE/CRITICAL
 Analyses, explains , and interprets the
information, synthesizes the information

6. Writing from descriptive to interpretive

7. In the next section, production analysis became the
focus. In her analysis old production, Evans (2001)
showed that the method was successful and this
was significant because it presented a major shift
from prior research moving the focus back to
personnel away from more traditional process
concerns.

8. In relation to efficacy of method, Weng et.al (2003)
then re-interviewed each participants, and in doing
so, found a revealing , new set of responses
emerging. Bruces (2016) argues these findings
were crucial as they highlighted a significant set of
secondary level responses that still provide clinical
practitioner guidelines today.

9. Examples for interpretive sentences

10.  This shows that….
 This suggests that…
 This tell us that …..
 This reveals that ……
 This highlights that …..
 This points to ……
 This implies that……

11.  This is important because…..
 This significant because……
 This is worth noting as/because it………
 This calls attention to…….
 This can be illustrated by..

12.  What this mean is…….
 What this tell us that….
 What this shows that…
 What this reveals that….

13.  …. importantly suggests that..
 …..crucially suggest that…..
 …..significantly suggest that….
 ….. which points to…
 …. which suggest the need for….

14.  ….. which is vital…
 ….. which shows that…
 …… which illustrates that….
 ….. pointing the need for

15. Example for descriptive and critique sentences in the
text

16. The first key area of this review concerns age and
memory loss, with elderly population a point of
focus. In 2011 study, Brent found that elderly
patients were increasingly unable to recall key
information sets and had to be prompted, indicating
strong likelihood of memory loss. Her study,
however, was limited in its application as she chose
to small sample size drawn from solely one high-
care facility. It may have been more illustrative to
broaden the scope of the study to high and low care
patients from a range of facilities. James (2014)
precisely in her pivotal longitudinal, multi facility,
broad scope-study….

17. Language critique
Deficit critique
 A question need to be asked, however, is whether
…..
 A weakness with this argument, however, is that
…..
 One of the limitation with this explanation is
that…..
 This approach fails to …… into account
 This study would have been more useful if it
had…… (solution)
 This findings may have been more applicable

18. Strengths critique
 In this milestone study, smith found….
 In this significant study…..
 This was significant in that it ……
 Moss (2013) correctly argues that …
 Ling (2015) makes the very valid point that …

19. Identifying a gap
 While several studies have addressed …….., this
study focus on……… with attention to ………