ics? written and oral interpretationРCulture and language relation? ideas and language representation? thought and writingР3.1.2 Ways to finding the topicsР 1.The advisor assigns topics to his or her students? 2. The students are encouraged to work out their? own topicsРTo negotiate a topic, the student must first locate a ? good research subject, then resorts to one or a ?combination of the following : Р (1) following personal interests? (2) talking with other people ? (3) brainstorming ? (4) reading source materials.РFollowing Personal InterestsРInterest is the best teacher? Therefore, the student should focus on what he or she interested in and would like to make further study on when deciding on a research topic.Р If he or she is not interested in a topic, he or she may perform poorly.