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Linguistics Proposal Questions - My First Time Applying for a PhD
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Thank you, again!

Actually, I ALWAYS make my participants anonymous and use labels like A1, B1 or even just change their name. I'm glad I know because I always just put the ethical information either with the participants section and/or in the procedure section.

Would the "ethical considerations" sections be a part of the methodology?

I have so many questions and I'm so worried about this. I really want to get into this program!

Take care!

Breanna

Linguistics Proposal Questions - My First Time Applying for a PhD
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Thank you! That helps a lot!

The one question I have and I apologize for sounding silly asking it, but what exactly do you mean by "ethical considerations"? Can you give me an example? I think I have an idea but would like to make sure.

As for the lit review and methodology, I've been thinking non-stop about how I can convince them that my topic is vital, how it is different from other related research and which methods I will employ.

Again, thank you so much for your post! I feel so much better!

Take care and have a wonderful day!

Breanna

Linguistics Proposal Questions - My First Time Applying for a PhD
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Hi, everyone!

I've been looking on here and on other sites to find answers to my questions, but not really seeing anything yet that answers my questions.

So here's my story. I found a PhD position last week and I need to have a proposal among other things to them by April 31st. I need to first have the proposal approved by my two intended supervisors before I send everything in the application packet. My field is Second Language Acquisition and Sociolinguistics.

This is my first time applying and I just want to make sure I do everything right since I am not sure what I should and shouldn't do. I'm sure there are differences between unis and etc. but I just want a general idea.

Here are my questions.

1. Does the proposal (for the application process) need to have a "findings" or a "discussion" session or can I do without? Since I just found out about this position, and I work full time (reading ALL the lit review articles in the evenings after work), I only have time this weekend and next weekend to get the proposal out and haven't done anything yet to get results. I can have my methodology ready but not my findings as I was hoping to do that part when I got the position.

2. How long should this [application] proposal be? I read 8-10 pages. That sounds too short to me. Is it?

3. Do I include references? I thought you were supposed to but I read that you shouldn't and that made me suspicious.

4. Under your name at the top by the title, what should I put for institution? My current institution or the one I'm applying for?

Thank you all for your time and please excuse my typos. I'm a bit tired from work and conserving my editing energy for the weekend when I start pumping this paper out.