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1. Welcome to ENGLISH 10

6. WRITING THE REVIEW
OF RELATED
LITERATURE AND
STUDIES

7. • Comprehensive analysis and
presentation of literature and
studies that are related to the
current research/ thesis/
dissertation.
• Is a process of studying what has
already been written on a
particular topic.

8. What is RRLS
for?

9.  Improves your understanding
of your topic
 Determine what has been
already been done or studied
about your topic.
 Update your readers on your
topic
 Makes your study objective
and empirical

10. Characteristics
 Relevant (highly connected)
 Recent (not long ago,
current)
 Sufficient (not too few, not
too many)

11. Possible Sources
 LITERATURE
 Books
 Professional
Journal Articles
 Newspaper
 Magazines
 Letters
 Interviews
 Poems,
Biographies etc.
 STUDIES
 Peer-reviewed Research
journals
 Unpublished thesis and
Dissertation
 Government Reports and
others

12. Techniques/Styles of Organizing your Sources
 TRADITIONAL (locale and foreign)
 CHRONOLOGICAL (older to recent)
 THEMATIC (key themes)
 METHODOLOGICAL (comparing different
research method)
 THEORETICAL (discussing opposing
theories from sources)

13. How to write?
 Decide on the Themes (based on your title and
SOP).
 Read and evaluate literature and studies to be
included
 Write the topic sentence and the organized and
paraphrased literature and studies
 Use transitions words (likewise, furthermore,
however etc.)
 Recheck the contents and make adjustments if
necessary

14. Sample

15. MISTAKES TO AVOID
 Writing one paragraph per source
 Not analyzing the contents
 Copying and pasting of paragraphs
 Lack of transitions words
 Inaccurate in-text citations.
 Some authors are not included in Reference part

16. Reminders:
 August 11 – chapter 1
 August 18 – Final chapter 1
 August 24 – Chapter 2
 September 8 – Final Chapter 2
 September 22 – Title Defense
 October 6 – chapter 3
 October 20 – Final Chapter 3
 October 20-November 14 – formulating questionnaires
 November 20-23 survey
 January 12 – chapter 4
 February 9 – Final chapter 4
 March 1 – chapter 5
 March 15 – Final Chapter 5
 April 5 – Final Defense

17. References:
 Author Services. Language Editing Services. https://scientific-
publishing.webshop.elsevier.com/manuscript-preparation/what-background-study-and-how-should-it-
be-written/
 Vinz S. (2022). What Is a Theoretical Framework? | Guide to Organizing. Scribbr.
https://www.scribbr.com/dissertation/theoretical-framework/