Spend a few minutes thinking about your topic
- List important vocabulary related to your topic. Consider the 5 W's - who, what, where, when, why
- List people or groups impacted by your topic.
- Make a list of questions (large or small) that you’d like to address through your research.
Brainstorm keywords for your search
1. Identify the main concepts of your research question
How does our language processing system interact with our socio-cultural knowledge?
2. Brainstorm synonyms or related terms for your main concepts
How does our language processing system (communication, conversations, language processing) interact with our socio-cultural knowledge (norms, values, identity, relationships, social rules, customs)?
Related concepts: code switching, bias