Advance - Action Research- FPMTL

ADVANCE – FINAL PROJECT

MASTER IN TEACHING ENGLISH AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE
(Action Research)

User code
[Student’s user code in the Virtual Campus]

Personal and academic information:

Student Name: Group:

Email address: Date:

FP Supervisor
[Final Project supervisor]

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Once the Final Project Supervisor has approved the Initial Proposal (D1), the student
can start drafting the Final Project.

This template shows the structure for the full project, but the Final Project will be
divided in two submission periods: Advance 1 and Advance 2.

Advance 1 must develop sections 2, 3, 4, and 5, and it should have up to 35 pages.

This file must be named according to the following model:

GroupName’sinitialSurnames_Advance1

For instance, a student named Jan Torres Ruiz from group 2012-02 would name this
file as follows:

2012-02JTorresRuiz_Advance1

Once the Final Project Supervisor has approved Advance 1 (A1), the student can start
working in the submission of Advance 2 (full project). Advance 2 must include all the
sections in this template and it should have between 80 and 100 pages.

Advance 2 file must be named according to the following model:

GroupName’sinitialSurnames_Advance2

For instance, a student named Jan Torres Ruiz from group 2012-02 would name this
file as follows:

2012-02JTorresRuiz_Advance2

Files that do not comply with these instructions will not be corrected. The submission of
Advance 2 will not be accepted if the supervisor has not approved Advance 1. The
submission of Advance 1 will not be accepted if the supervisor has not approved the
Initial Proposal (D1). Proposed submission dates are recorded in the Academic
Calendar.

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0. TITLE PROPOSAL

1. INTRODUCTION

[The introduction offers a global view of the Project. It usually specifies the areas and
topics addressed in your research. Besides, the introduction briefly describes the
structure of the project and the content included in each chapter].

Length: 1-2 pages

2. JUSTIFICATION OF ACADEMIC AND PERSONAL INTEREST

[Both the academic relevance of the Project, and the personal motivation to carry it out
must be argued].

Length: 2-3 pages

3. RESEARCH QUESTION AND OBJECTIVES

[Research questions or hypotheses drafted in section 7 of the Initial Proposal and the
general and specific objectives proposed in section 8 of the Initial Proposal must be
included here and explained in detail.]

Length: 1-2 pages

4. THEORETICAL BACKGROUND

[This chapter must include the sections which have been specified in section 9 of the
initial proposal.
On the one hand, this section must summarize theories and models that will be used in
the study. Terminology, construct and categories that will be used in the project must be
defined here, too.
On the other hand, it must provide a state of the art of the selected subject. Relevant
contributions to the filed by other authors must be included and critically reviewed,
linking their relevance to the scope and aims of this project.]

Length: 20-25 pages-

5. METHODOLOGY

[The student must include in this section:

 Description of the research approach (e.g. quantitative, qualitative)

 Description of the research type (e.g. correlational, descriptive, case study)
 Description of the research tools (e.g. interviews, questionnaires)]
Length: 6-8 pages

6. STUDY

[In this section, students must include the following practical information, related to the
research they are going to carry out:

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 Description of the context of the research (type of institution the research

project was carried out in, participants’ profile, etc.)
 Description of the corpus and data collection (when and how the interviews,
questionnaires, etc. were carried out). The actual interviews and questionnaires
can be included in the appendices.
 Research tools used for the analysis (statistical software, audio and video
recorders, note taking through direct observation or journals)
 Description of the research plan, clarifying each research stage: exploration,
planning, evaluation and improvement proposal.
Length: 15-20 pages

7. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION

[This section must present and elaborate on the results of the study, to then proceed to
a critical dialogue between the obtained results and the expected results based on the
theoretical background. Some of the topics that can be covered are: was there any
problem in the implementation of the methodology? Did the results comply with the
expected outcome? Can the results allow generalization to other areas of that topic?]

Length: 25-30 pages

8. CONCLUSIONS

[Conclusions reflect on what happened in the study. In this section, you must provide
direct answers to the aims of the study. Likewise, you may want to refer to further lines
of research or possible future applications of the project.
Moreover, this section must include a plan of short/medium term and long term actions,
which must include objectives, challenges and improvements set by the students
themselves based on the knowledge collected from their own practice.]

Length: 6-10 pages

9. BIBLIOGRAPHY

[This section must include all (and only) the works cited in the Project. References
must be included in alphabetical order and follow the APA guidelines available in the
Virtual Campus].

10. APPENDIX