COURSE UNIT TITLE

: RESEARCH TECHNIQUES IN ELT

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
YDI 6045 RESEARCH TECHNIQUES IN ELT COMPULSORY 2 0 0 6

Offered By

English Language Teacher Education

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR YEŞIM BEKTAŞ ÇETINKAYA

Offered to

English Language Teacher Education

Course Objective

The aim is to study the basic concepts of research techniques, historical background, the different types of research designs, instrumentation, participants, data collection techniques and data analyses.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Gaining information about different kinds of research methods
2   to be able to choose appropriate data collection techniques
3   to be able to choose appropriate data analysis techniques
4   to be able to analyze research in ELT in terms of validity and reliability
5   analysing research articles

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction to research
2 Issues related to data gathering
3 Common data collection measures in ELT
4 Variables and hypothesis
5 Validity and reliability
6 Experimental research
7 Correlational research
8 Survey research
9 Reviewing the literature
10 Sampling
11 Instrumentation
12 Data analysis (Descriptive)
13 Data analysis (Inferential)
14 Ethics and research
15 Research reports

Recomended or Required Reading

Mackey, A., & Gass, S. M. (2005). Second Language Research Methodology and Design. New Jersey: Lawrence
Fraenkel, J. R., & Wallen, N. E. (2012). How to Design and Evaluate Research in Education. NY: McGraw-Hill

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

lecture, discussion, question and answer

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 ASG ASSIGNMENT
2 PRS PRESENTATION
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE ASG * 0.50 + PRS * 0.50


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

yesim.cetinkaya@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Monday 12.00-13:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 1 13
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 5 65
Preparation for midterm exam 1 4 4
Preparation for final exam 1 4 4
Preparing assignments 13 5 65
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 153

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