Assignment Topic:
The topic should be related to English language testing and assessment in Saudi Arabia.
Assignment Type: Research plan or blueprint of an empirical study
A proposal for an empirical study that targets an aspect of language testing and
assessment.
Note that this is a plan or blueprint for a research study. You should not collect data from human research participants in this assignment. Instead, you should write a convincing plan of how you would execute the research project that you envisage.
The assignment should include:
A focused, up–to–date literature review that builds the case for conducting your proposed study, synthesizing relevant research articles to motivate your investigation.
A methods section that discusses the research aims and questions, the research
context, target participants (including the recruitment strategy and ethical considerations),materials, and procedures for data collection and analysis.
A brief section discussing expected or anticipated results or possible outcomes and
what this would mean, although you will not know how exactly things will turn out, which is the whole point of doing the proposed study.
A conclusion that brings together the main themes from earlier in the paper, summarises the main contributions and limitations of the proposed study, and points to future research directions.
