RESEARCH METHODS IN ELT
- Course
- ELTE513 - RESEARCH METHODS IN ELT
- Department
- English Language Teaching - English - Master
- Course Type
- Course
- Status
- Required
- Language
- English
- Credit
- 3
- ECTS
- 8
- T+P+L
- 3 + 0 + 0
- Course Coordinator(s)
- -
- Prerequisite
- -
Course Description
This course focuses on research into foreign/second language education and aims to enable master’s students to critically evaluate published research in the ELT field, and design their own research studies. The course covers a range of theoretical, practical, and ethical issues in the field of ELT research, with an emphasis on language teaching and learning. It focuses on the research design, examines principles for undertaking empirical research, introduces quantitative and qualitative methods for conducting research in the language classroom, and provides hands-on experience with research design, instruments for data collection, quantitative and qualitative methods of data analysis, evaluation of published research, and research report writing.
RESEARCH METHODS IN ELT
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Course outcomes
- 01 They analyse the descriptive statistics of psychological data sets in SPSS. 4
- 02 They summarize the data sets by using graphs in SPSS 4
- 03 They can hypothesize the research problems 5
- 04 They can apply proper t tests for comparing two population means based on given research problems in SPSS. 4
- 05 They can appraise and apply the variance analysis for comparing group means more than two in SPSS 4
Course Syllabus
| Week | Topic |
|---|---|
| Week 1 | Introduction to research (concepts) |
| Week 2 | Identifying your research topic, research purpose and research questions |
| Week 3 | Research approaches (qualitative, quantitative, mixed-method) |
| Week 4 | Getting familiarized with a research paper: analysis |
| Week 5 | Quantitative data collection methods |
| Week 6 | Qualitative data collection methods |
| Week 7 | Presentations |
| Week 8 | Mid-term Exams |
| Week 9 | Sampling in research |
| Week 10 | Validity and Reliability in research |
| Week 11 | Analysis of a published research paper |
| Week 12 | Experimental research designs |
| Week 13 | Case studies |
| Week 14 | Writing up your research |
| Week 15 | Final Exams |
Reference Books & Course Materials
- 01 Bryman, A. (2021). Social research methods (6th edition). OUP.
- 02 Cohen, L., Manion, L., & Morrison, K. (2018). Research Methods in Education. Routledge.
- 03 Lecture notes prepared by the lecturer.
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