Mynameis(YourName).Mystudentnumberis(YourStudentNumber).Iamheretopresentmyproposalforthegraduationthesis.Mytopicisabout(YourThesisTopic).Iwilltalkaboutseveralparts.IwanttoexplainwhyIchosethistopic.Iwilltalkaboutwhatothershavewrittenaboutit.IwillexplainthemainquestionsIwanttoanswer.IwilldescribethemethodsIplantouse.Iwilldiscussthestructureofmyresearch.IwilltalkabouttheprogressIhavemadesofar.

Ichosethistopicforafewreasons.Thisareaisveryimportantinourfield.Ihavepersonalinterestinit.Ireadmanythingsaboutitbefore.Ifoundsomepartsarenotwellstudied.Thereisagapinthecurrentresearch.Ithinkmyworkcanaddsomethingnew.Itcanofferadifferentview.Itcanprovideusefulinformationforrealproblems.Ibelieveithasvalue.

NowIwilltalkabouttheexistingresearch.Manyscholarshavestudiedthissubject.ScholarAwroteakeybook.Hefocusedon(MainIdeaofScholarA).Hisworkisveryfamous.Itbuiltastrongfoundation.ScholarBwroteanimportantpaperlater.Shelookedat(MainIdeaofScholarB).Herfindingsweredifferent.Theystartedabigdebate.OtherresearcherslikeScholarCandDjoinedthediscussion.Theyprovidedmoredata.Theysupporteddifferentsides.Ihavereadtheseworkscarefully.Iunderstandtheirmainpoints.Theirworkisverygood.ButIseeaproblem.Theymostlylookedatbigcases.Theydidnotlookmuchatsmallcases.Theyalsousedsimilarmethods.Ithinkusingadifferentmethodcanhelp.Itcanshownewthings.

Mymainresearchquestionisthis.Iwanttoknow(StateYourMainResearchQuestionClearly).Thisquestioniscentraltomywork.Ialsohavesomesmallerquestions.Theyhelpsupportthebigone.Thefirstsmallquestionisabout(Sub-question1).Thesecondsmallquestionisabout(Sub-question2).Thethirdsmallquestionisabout(Sub-question3).Answeringthesequestionswillhelpmeanswerthemainone.Mygoalistofindclearanswers.IhopetheseanswerswillfillthegapImentioned.

Iwillusespecificmethodsformyresearch.Iplantouseamixed-methodsapproach.ThismeansIwillusebothqualitativeandquantitativemethods.FirstIwilldoaliteraturereview.Iwillreadmanybooksandarticles.Iwillfindthekeyideasandtheories.Thiswillhelpmeunderstandthefield.Itwillshowmewhatisalreadyknown.NextIwillcollectdata.ForthequantitativepartIwilluseasurvey.Iwillcreateaquestionnaire.Iwillgiveittoagroupofpeople.Thegroupwillbeabout(DescribeYourSamplePopulation).Iwillusestatisticaltoolstoanalyzethenumbers.Iwilllookforpatternsinthedata.ForthequalitativepartIwilldointerviews.Iwilltalktosomeexperts.Iwillaskthemopen-endedquestions.Iwillrecordtheiranswers.Iwillanalyzethetextfromtheseinterviews.Iwilllookforcommonthemesandopinions.Usingbothnumbersandpersonalviewswillgiveafullerpicture.

Mythesiswillhavefivechapters.Thefirstchapteristheintroduction.Iwillpresentthebackground.Iwillstatetheresearchproblem.Iwilllistmyquestions.Iwillexplainthesignificanceofthestudy.Thesecondchapteristheliteraturereview.Iwillsummarizetheexistingresearch.Iwilltalkaboutthestrengthsandweaknessesofpreviousworks.Iwillshowwheremyresearchfitsin.Thethirdchapteristhemethodology.Iwilldescribemyresearchdesign.Iwillexplainmydatacollectionmethods.Iwilldetailmydataanalysisprocess.Iwillalsodiscusstheethicalconsiderations.Thefourthchapteristheresultsandanalysis.IwillpresentthedataIcollected.Iwillshowthefindingsfromthesurvey.Iwillshowthefindingsfromtheinterviews.Iwillanalyzewhatthesefindingsmean.Iwillconnectthembacktomyresearchquestions.Thefifthchapteristheconclusion.Iwillsummarizetheentirestudy.IwillstatethemainanswersIfound.Iwilltalkaboutthelimitationsofmywork.Iwillsuggestideasforfutureresearch.

Ihavealreadydonesomework.Ihavefinishedthepreliminaryliteraturereview.Ihavereadoverfiftykeysources.Ihaveagoodunderstandingofthetopic.Ihavewrittenthefirstdraftoftheintroductionchapter.Ihavedesignedtheframeworkformyresearch.Ihavecreatedadetailedplanforthedatacollection.Ihavepreparedtheinitialsurveyquestions.Ihavecontactedpotentialparticipantsfortheinterviews.Mynextstepistogetapprovalformysurvey.ThenIwillstartgivingoutthequestionnaire.Iwillalsoarrangetheinterviewtimes.Iplantofinishdatacollectionby(SpecificDate).ThenIwillstartthedataanalysis.Iwillwritetheremainingchaptersaccordingtomyschedule.IbelieveIcanfinishthethesisontime.

Iknowtherearesomechallenges.ThedatacollectionmighttakelongerthanIplanned.Findingwillinginterviewparticipantsmightbedifficult.Thedataanalysismightbecomplex.Iampreparedtofacethesechallenges.Iwillmanagemytimecarefully.IwillseekhelpfrommysupervisorwhenIneedit.Iwillusetheuniversity'sresources.

Thisismyproposal.Ihavetalkedaboutmytopicchoice.Ihavediscussedtheexistingliterature.Ihavestatedmyresearchquestions.Ihaveexplainedmymethodology.Ihavedescribedmythesisstructure.Ihavereportedmycurrentprogress.Iamhappytoansweranyquestionsyouhave.Thankyouforlistening.