Helping Asian EFL students acquire academic writing skills

Appendix 2: Sample Research Topics


Instructions: Look at the topics below. If a topic seems appropriate for an academic research paper to be read by your peers, place a star in front of it. If you feel a topic is not, revise it so that it is suitable. Remember, topics might be inappropriate for any of these reasons:
  • it is too broad
  • it is too simple
  • it is already well-research
  • it is too narrow
  • it is too difficult
  • not enough information is available


  1. Abortion in Japan

  2. Attitudes towards slavery in Bhutan in the 13th Century

  3. English language education in South Korean elementary schools

  4. Divorce patterns in Japan from 1990-1995

  5. Gender discrimination

  6. Internet providers in Japan

  7. Japanese Dolls

  8. Love
  1. Mishima Yukio and Kawabata Yasunari: A comparison

  2. Note taking computer software

  3. Single parents in Asia

  4. Teenage pregnancy

  5. The evolution of Walt Disney characters

  6. The life of Hibari Sora

  7. The images of women in Japanese film

  8. Tourism patterns in Hawaii from 1950 - present

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