The research proposal should comprise the following sections, but note compulsory to include all the details in

each part. Try to focus closely on those parts that you are interested in, while you need to cover all the bold

pats in the following sections:

Acquisition of English as a second language morphology verbal inflectional morphology acquisition by adults
And after that I need you write 75 about this topic

1. a provisional title for your study;
2. a brief review of the literature relevant to your study. The review should be
focused and contain enough background information to provide a context for your study in light of key previous

studies that have been done on the topic;
3. a statement of the purpose of your study. This may be accompanied by a research question (or questions) or a

hypothesis (or set of hypotheses). This section usually requires no more than a paragraph and usually occurs

immediately before the Methods section;
4. a description of the methods you intend to employ, including (where applicable) a description of participants

(particularly whether children or NHS patients, personnel or data will be involved) and any selection criteria,

including exclusionary criteria, data collection procedures you will employ (e.g., standardized tests,

questionnaires, experimental tasks), an estimate of the time required of each participant, and a description of

how you will ensure reliable measurement. In addition, where applicable describe the experimental design and

statistical procedures (if any) you intend to use (e.g., paired t-tests, 2×2 ANOVA, multiple regression); please

state your independent and dependent variables (or, in the case of correlation and regression, the predictor and

outcome variables).
5. a detailed description on how you intend to find your participants, where applicable. How many participants do

you intend to use in your study? How will you approach them? When will you require them to be available? Are they

likely to be available during this time? Etc.
6. a list of references cited in your proposal, using APA format (see for instance articles in the Journal of

Speech, Language and Hearing Research for examples of how references should be cited and formatted.
7. an application for ethics approval as an appendix.
8. a timeline for supervision.
In addition, please flag up any resources you will need to complete your study (e.g., test forms, videotapes,

travel, etc.).

It is essential to adhere to the Linguistics Style Guide for all written work:

https://www.bangor.ac.uk/linguistics/current/ugintro.php.en �Preparing Assignments� Assignments must be submitted

BOTH electronically (TurnItIn via Blackboard) AND as hardcopy in the Assignments Drop Box in the Linguistics

building.