LESSON 2 TOPIC: SAMPLE CONCEPT PAPERS:

Question 1

The purpose of this alliance is to:
* Share information about the proposed school regulation
* Recruit young parents into the project
* Provide training to young parents so that they can assist in revising the proposed school regulation
* Defray the costs of parent involvement in the project

Answer 1

Purpose

Question 2

An alliance of ABC, XYZ, and LMN (and perhaps other partners) will directly impact people with disabilities and their families and make a difference in their lives for years to come. The involvement of informed, concerned constituents will influence policy makers and help to make needed revisions in the proposed school regulation.

Answer 2

Outcomes

Question 2

Before the end of the summer, we will need to:
1. Assign a lead organization to manage the advocacy component
2. Recruit young parents of disabled children who are willing to advocate for revising the proposed school regulation
3. Provide a comprehensive training program for the young parents so they understand the roles of each of the participating organizations, the background on the proposed regulation and the regulation’s probable impact on students
4. Involve the informed young parents in meetings, the State Department of Education will hold on the regulation

Answer 2

The first steps

Question 3

This project will be complete by the end of December when the vote will be taken on the school regulation. At that time, we could decide to continue as an alliance to advocate for other issues or celebrate our success and conclude the alliance project.

Below is another example, an excerpt from a seven-page concept paper of an academic thesis.
Research Title: Variations in the Waray-Waray Dialect of Northern and Western Samar.

Answer 3

Timeline

Question 4

The Waray-waray is one of the major languages spoken in the Philippines, indeed its copiousness and complexity, as
far as linguistics is concerned, appeal to set for an intensive and rigid study of the language. The current studies of Waray-waray language are inadequate to describe fully the richness of the language, predominantly the lexical variations and distinction present in the Waray-waray dialect particularly, in Northern and Western Samar.
According to Lobel (2009), Waray-waray has “25 dialects and subdialects”, however, no considerable official and formal literature is employable by language researchers, linguists, and students for reference or formal studies about the lavishness of the dialect.

Answer 4

Rationale

Question 5

A lexical study of variations and distinctions of a language is imperative predominantly to diversified and variegated language like Waray-waray. Language variations and distinctions within the same region or locality, markedly deemed problematic (Honeybone, 2011) that every “linguistic behavior is categorical and idealize away from the variation that is found in speech”.

In the same way, Martina, (2014) claimed that lexical units must be based on a multi-dimensional approach in which “cognitive, linguistic, and communicative terms can be described in the framework of cognitive and functional linguistic theory”.

Furthermore, in the underlying condition and theoretical considerations, integration of the different research techniques in a Qualitative Research Design is regarded as significant and useful to the study. The different types of qualitative research methodologies highlighting participant observation, interviews, and structured questionnaires in administering evidence within a qualitative research framework are highly workable in the descriptive analysis and examination of data.

Answer 5

Theoretical Framework

Question 6

The study attempts to answer the following questions:
1. What lexical differences does Western and Northern Samar have?
2. What are the phonological and orthographical characteristics distinct to each region?
3. How do the native speakers of the language identify and classify such variations and distinctions?
4. What are the benefits and challenges to supervene in conducting an exhaustive study of the language?
Methodology
The language study will utilize Descriptive-Qualitative Design in gathering and analyzing the data. The sampling procedure “purposeful sampling” will be used in gathering appropriate and relevant data for the lexical study.
Elicitation of data is through in-depth interviews, and conversations with respondents until sufficient and enough data
for the study is highly achieved. Collection of data through recording, interviews, and note-taking are to be analyzed
and interpreted.

Answer 6

Research Question