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| ELL1000 | Research Techniques in Language Studies | 4+0+0 | ECTS:6 | | Year / Semester | Spring Semester | | Level of Course | First Cycle | | Status | Compulsory | | Department | DEPARTMENT of WESTERN LANGUAGES and LITERATURE | | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | | Mode of Delivery | | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 4 hours of lectures per week | | Lecturer | Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Raşide DAĞ AKBAŞ | | Co-Lecturer | Asst. Prof. Dr. Raşide DAĞ AKBAŞ, | | Language of instruction | | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | This course is designed for the first year BA students who are majoring at the department of English Language and Literature. The purpose of this course is to familiarize students with necessary research skills and methods employed in the field of social sciences, specifically ELT. The course provides an introduction to the research process and basics of a research proposal in the related field. |
| Learning Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | LO - 1 : | Identify the basic principles and techniques employed in a scientific research process specifically conducted in the field of language studies. | 6,7,29,30,31 | 1,6 | | LO - 2 : | Demonstrate a familiarity with the research methodology specifically preffered in the field of language studies. | 6,7,29,30,31 | 1,6 | | LO - 3 : | Prepare a research proposal in the field of language studies. | 6,7,29,30,31 | 1,6 | | CTPO : Contribution to programme outcomes, TOA :Type of assessment (1: written exam, 2: Oral exam, 3: Homework assignment, 4: Laboratory exercise/exam, 5: Seminar / presentation, 6: Term paper), LO : Learning Outcome | | |
| The course will cover (but not limited to) the topics as follows: scientific knowledge, scientific research process, goals of scientific research, how to plan a research, different research traditions employed in social sciences, different types of data collection methods and tools, reporting a research proposal. |
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | Introduction & Organization | | | Week 2 | Seminar & Discussion on Science, Scientific Research, Scientific Knowledge, Scientific Method, Goals of a research, pillars of a scientiific research | | | Week 3 | Key concepts in Research & Planning a Research Design | | | Week 4 | Types of Research Methods & Choosing an Appropriate Research Method | | | Week 5 | Basics of Quantitative Data Collection | | | Week 6 | Basics of Quantitative Data Collection | | | Week 7 | Basics of Qualitative Data Collection | | | Week 8 | Basics of Qualitative Data Collection | | | Week 9 | Mid-term exam | | | Week 10 | Reading sample research papers conducted in ELT & Language Studies | | | Week 11 | Analyzing a research paper-1(Purpose Statement & Research Questions) | | | Week 12 | Analyzing a research paper-2(Intro-Lit. Review) | | | Week 13 | Analyzing a research paper-2(Methodology) | | | Week 14 | Analyzing a research paper-2(Methodology) | | | Week 15 | Preparing a tentative research plan (Basics) | | | Week 16 | End-of-term exam | | | |
| 1 | Nunan, D. (1992). Research Methods in Language Learning. Cambridge: CUP. | | | 2 | Seliger, H. and Shohamy, E. (1989). Second Language Research Methods . Oxford: OUP. | | | 3 | Tarone, E., Gass, S. and Cohen, A. (1994). Research Methodology in Second-Language Acquisition . New Jersey: Laurence Earlbaum Associate. | | | 4 | Woods, A., Fletcher, P. and Hughes, A. (1986). Statistics in language studies . Cambridge: CUP. | | | |
| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | Mid-term exam | 8 | 04/2024 | 1 | 50 | | End-of-term exam | 16 | 05/2024 | 1 | 50 | | |
| Student Work Load and its Distribution | | Type of work | Duration (hours pw) | No of weeks / Number of activity | Hours in total per term | | Yüz yüze eğitim | 4 | 14 | 56 | | Sınıf dışı çalışma | 1 | 14 | 14 | | Arasınav için hazırlık | 2.5 | 7 | 17.5 | | Arasınav | 1.5 | 1 | 1.5 | | Proje | 2 | 10 | 20 | | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 3 | 7 | 21 | | Dönem sonu sınavı | 1.5 | 1 | 1.5 | | Total work load | | | 131.5 |
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