1. Introduction (Literature review)
What problem are you going to address?
What have previous studies shown with regard to this problem?
What is lacking in the current knowledge (what else needs to be studied)?
What are the research questions of the present study?
Why it is important to study them?
2. Methods
What population are you going to study (participants)? (If applicable)
What/who are you going to observe (If applicable)?
What data collection instruments are you going to use?
What procedures (steps) are you going to follow?