LITERATURE REVIEW
Reviewing one study:
What did the author study?
Smith (2020)
examined/studied/explored/
Investigated/ …..
How did he/she collect
data?/What methods did
he/she use?
Data were collected by
means of interviews/qnaires
with… students in
Thailand… /Individual
interviews were
used/employed to collect
data ….
What did he/she find?/What
were the findings?
He/She found…./The
findings showed/revealed…
What are the implications of
the study? Comment on the
value(s)/limitation(s) of the
study
This study is very
useful/important/valuable/
insightful….because ….
….
Literature review
In this section, relevant
literature/studies will
be reviewed. These
studies are divided into
three groups according
to research contexts: 1)
ESL contexts 2)… and
3) …
Firstly, much research
has been studied in
ESL contexts. For
example, Newton
(2018) / One such
study was….,
In a similar setting,
Bygate (2020)
examined….
Turning to the EFL
context, Smith (2015)
….
SUMMARY:
evaluate/critique/
indicate GAPS. SO
WHAT?HOW DO
YOU FILL THOSE
GAPS?
The studies reviewed
here tend to focus
on……
THERE IS LITLE
RESEarch …/
Little has been known
about …/
The issue/question of
…. Has remained
unexplored/unexamine
d/unaddressed/ has not
been investigated. Our
proposed study
therefore ….
REFERENCES
…..

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LITERATURE REVIEW Reviewing one study: What did the author study? Smith (2020) examined/studied/explored/ Investigated/ ….. How did he/she collect data?/What methods did he/she use? Data were collected by means of interviews/qnaires with… students in Thailand… /Individual interviews were used/employed to collect data …. What did he/she find?/What were the findings? He/She found…./The
findings showed/revealed…

What are the implications of the study? Comment on the value(s)/limitation(s) of the study This study is very useful/important/valuable/ insightful….because …. …. Literature review In this section, relevant literature/studies will be reviewed. These studies are divided into three groups according to research contexts: 1) ESL contexts 2)… and 3) … Firstly, much research has been studied in ESL contexts. For example, Newton (2018) / One such … study was…., In a similar setting, Bygate (2020) examined…. Turning to the EFL context, Smith (2015) … …. SUMMARY: evaluate/critique/ indicate GAPS. SO WHAT?HOW DO YOU FILL THOSE GAPS? The studies reviewed here tend to focus on…… THERE IS LITLE RESEarch …/ Little has been known about …/ The issue/question of …. Has remained unexplored/unexamine d/unaddressed/ has not been investigated. Our proposed study therefore …. REFERENCES …..