Type of Credit: Required
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The purpose of this course is to introduce a clear and comprehensive overview of linguistic research methods in applied linguistics. The course is aimed at those who are new to studies in the field of language learning or who may have done or written some research work without academic guidance. Specific focus is on how to help education researchers and classroom teachers understand and critique published studies in applied linguistics. After completing this course, students are expected to have become interested enough to delve further into the literature and maybe even to embark on research of their own.
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| 教學週次Course Week | 彈性補充教學週次Flexible Supplemental Instruction Week | 彈性補充教學類別Flexible Supplemental Instruction Type |
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Session 1: Course introduction
Session 2: Research design: RM 1
Session 3: Identifying and using library sources
Session 4: The experimental method: RM 2
Session 5: The experimental method: RM 2
Session 6: Ethnography: RM 3
Session 7: Ethnography: RM 3
Session 8: Midterm
Session 9: Case study: RM 4
Session 10: Classroom observation and research: RM 5
Session 11: Classroom observation and research: RM 5
Session 12: Introspective methods: RM Ch 6
Session 13: Elicitation technique: RM Ch 7
Session 14: Doing research: RM 10;
Session 15: Finals
Nunan, David. Research Methods in Language Learning, 10th printing. Cambridge University Press, 2001.
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