in the process to write lit review

yes..

mula2 mmg confusing.. camne nak tulis lit review... so, i collected keywords that always appear in my study...

dah ada keyword, i put them into groups..

then, what i did was to follow a story line, what i would want the reader to know..

but it turns out to be: WRONG!!! - hahahahah!!! so stupid of me...

anyways, supervisor tolong.. dia kata.. use la the ISSUE TREE by fLOWER! hee.. (dalam hati dia mesti dia kata, kan dah ckp bnyk kali.. huh! lembab betul budak ni, huh!)

so, basically, kena la ikut ISSUE TREE tu!!!

bila dia buat.. semua nampak mudah.. best betul jadi dia.. semua benda dia tau.. semua benda, dia blh solve dgn mudahnya... dia ada bagi a copy of his teaching material, yg dia ajar budak2 year 1.. huh.. nampak sgt aku ni bodoh.. kihkihkih.. kena balik sama taraf ngan budak2 yr 1... hmm.. nampak sgt, apa yg aku belajar dulu2... masa degree dan masters.. cam tak membantu.. huh..

but its ok... phd is a process of learning.. so, aku tgh belajar la ni kan.. hmm..

so, he's given me an example of how it looks like.. starting with a research question.. and you elaborate about the things involves and will be looking at...

then, you move on to the key words that lies in the research question itself...
so now ada 3 benda:
- cognitive measure: PAUSES
- Language Comprehension: READING & WRITING
- Language Assessment

pastu.. nak kena buat apa?

skang ni, tgh cuba buat:
= tulis all the keywords according to the above 3 subject title...
= nak kena recategorise balik, all the papers i have according to the above 3 title
= put in all the references according to the above 3 title.

hmm.. what a progress I can see myself into.. sgt lain dari apa yg aku mula2 try nak buat.. hee.. malu je kan.. but its ok.. i can do it! its a BIG challenge.. but yes, I'll try my best!

okie dokie.. ciao!

Thesis Searching

I'm at the moment, trying to find thesis that is related to my work, as a guidance..

saja2 je.. nak tgk.. camne org lain buat thesis..

just incase you're in the same position as I am, check this website out.. i found it very very useful!

ethos.bl.uk

goodluck!

Writing up

yes, lately ni.. mmg bnyk supervisor suruh buat writing ups..
1. start writing up your chapter.. you've got your pilot study as 1 chapter, and your Experiment 1 as another chapter... and at the same time.. you can already start bit by bit.. to write up your lit chapter...
2. write up as if you're submitting a paper.. yes.. do write up as if... which is really2 good..

i've just completed writing up a conference paper for this CogSci conference.. alhamdullillah, i've submitted the paper, last saturday..

it was not a great success to me.. i don't feel that good about it.. i tried my best to write.. according to what i thought was best, but it wasn't good enough for SV. But, he never gave up in asking me to correct and modify as we go along..

towards the end of it, i nearly gave up. It seems like, i couldn't really find the best way to write it.. i kept on repeating my same mistake... like..
1. explaining lit review too general...
2. i'm just quoting researcher's findings, but i did not critically explained them..
3. i've always been to general on everything.
4. i've got to be more careful with the choice of words...
5. my explanations are vague..

SV said that, I've got to be more:
1. PRECISE
2. CONCISE, &
3. CLEAR
on all things that I want to explain. Make the sentence short, but gives the exact meaning.

I've got to also always think of what reader my think... so again, he would remind me of:
1. refer again to the flower's book - on Problem Solving Strategies for Writing.
- A very good book in guiding how to best write.. Issue tree, economically editing, etc...

so, i guess that's about it, that I can share with you.. its my first time writing a paper for a conference, and I'm really looking forward to it..

A motivation for myself.. PhD is a process of learning.. writing academically is not easily obtained.. everybody learns it.. and through time and practices, I will get to it, like SV does... So, just believe in yourself and keep more practising!!!

Well done for now...