Is Ireland interested in keeping the Irish Language alive?

EACP 7 RESEARCH ESSAY PLAN
Submission of highlighted sources as attachments via Journal on Blackboard (see section 6 for guidelines).
Name: ____________________________ T-number: _______________________

1. State your proposed working title i.e. the research question you are going to investigate.
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2. Write out 3 or 4 claims you wish to make in order to answer your research question. These claims should be in full sentences. They will form the basis of your body paragraphs.
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3. Based on the claims you are making, write the THESIS STATEMENT that will go at the end of your introduction, showing your overall answer to your research question. This may need to be changed when writing up the final essay.
Begin with: ‘This essay will show that …….
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4. Developing ONE body paragraph

a) Selectone of the claims from Section 2,p.1 for which you now have sufficient supporting evidence (3 sources) to write a body paragraph:

Claim:_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
b)
• In the spaces below, write the points of evidence found in your sourcesthat best support the above claim (eg. reasons/statistics/examples).
• Full sentences are required using your own words.
• Indicate which source supports each point by giving the source number
(as in 4.c).
• Highlight these specific points in your sources.

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c) In the tables below, give details of the sources you have referred to in Q.4.b.
NOTE: You are advised to use three sources to support a claim.
Title of Source 1:
Name of Author(s):
Brief background of Author/Organisation: (eg. Irish Times Journalist; voluntary support organisation; politician; government body)

Vancouver reference:

Tick source of article/study:
Book  Online/print newspapers
 Journal  Magazine
 Government website  Voluntary/support organisation’s website
 Other (specify) ________________________

Title of Source 2:
Name of Author(s):
Brief background of Author/Organisation: (eg. Irish Times Journalist; voluntary support organisation; politician; government body)

Vancouver reference:

Tick source of article/study:
Book  Online/print newspapers
 Journal  Magazine
 Government website  Voluntary/support organisation’s website
 Other (specify) ________________________

Title of Source 3:
Name of Author(s):
Brief background of Author/Organisation: (eg. Irish Times Journalist; voluntary support organisation; politician; government body)

Vancouver reference:

Tick source of article/study:
Book  Online/print newspapers
 Journal  Magazine
 Government website  Voluntary/support organisation’s website
 Other (specify) ________________________

d) Draft of ONE body paragraph
In the box below, write a body paragraph for your essay using the information you have given in 4.b above and according to the guidelines given by your lecturer. (150-200 words)
NOTE: All evidence must be paraphrased and/or summarised ie. in your own words. Each reference must be cited.

Compile a Vancouver reference list for the above paragraph.

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5. Evidence for remaining body paragraphs:
Regarding the remaining claims put forward in Q.2, compile a reference list below for other articles/sources you have found that contain specific evidence to support these claims. At the end of each reference,state which claim in Q.2 is supported by each source.

Additional References (Vancouver style):
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6. Submission of sources
• You should be using 3 sources to support the claim you have made in the body paragraph in your essay plan.

• Sources will be of varying sizes and formats. Please copy the source you have used as evidence into a Word or PDF document.

• In the Word or PDF document, highlightonly the points you have paraphrased and/or summarised in your paragraph.

• The title of the article/report etc. must be typed at the top of the document. Also, type the author’s name/organisation’s name and the date (if given).

• If the source is more than 5 pages long eg. a report, a book etc. at the top of the document, you should indicate the SECTION, CHAPTER NAME & PAGE NUMBER where you have highlighted evidence. Do not simply copy and paste the paragraph on its own as it needs to be seen in context.

• Attach the three sources as Word or PDF docs. to the Journal where you submitted your title.

• This should be done before the 1pm deadline next Wednesday 1st April. Essay plans with points that do not correspond to the highlighted sentences in the sources will lose a significant amount of marks.

• You do not have to submit sources yet for the other claims you have made in section 2 of the plan. However, in section 5, you must type in the Vancouver reference for at least 1 source that you intend to use to support each of these claims. You will submit these and additional sources with the final essay.