Research in ELTProfessors:

Mariluz OrtizÁngela Gamboa

Catalina HerreraJean Paul Castellanos

Course description

▶ Area : Pedagogy

▶ Academic Credits: 4

▶ Classes: 4 hours per week

▶ Autonomous work: 8 hours per week

A. Students must have taken and approved:

▶ Epistemology and research methods

▶ Methods and approaches in language teaching

B. Or must be taking

▶ Methodology

C. B2 level

Requirements

▶ Readings

▶ Presentations

▶ Discussions

▶ Writing a research proposal

Methodology

▶ Monography

▶ Students’ research group

▶ Specialization

Graduation Options

▶ Identifying a research problem

▶ Research approaches▶ research questions and

objectives

Schedule

▶ Reviewing the literature and avoiding plagiarism

▶ Building the conceptual framework

▶ Designing qualitative research

▶ Doing action research

▶ Methods of data collection, being a careful observer and observation tecniques

▶ Observation tecniques(action research)

▶ Learner strategies and learner interviews

▶ Questionnaires and interviews

▶ Field notes, logs journals, diaries, personal accounts

▶Research Problem Workshop▶Annotated bibliography▶Constructs workshop ▶ Statement of the Problem

draft 1 ▶ Literature review draft 1

Assessment

▶ Theoretical Framework: Draft 1

▶ Research Proposal: Draft 1 ,2 and 3

▶ Oral Presentations ▶ Poster session▶ Final paper

▶ Attend at least 75% of the classes

▶ To write a research proposal (chapters 1, 2 and 3)

▶ To hand in the workshops and drafts

How to pass this course?

▶ It is a written document ▶ It must be defended orally ▶ 2 students max. They must be in the same NRC▶ Choose a topic from the program areas: literature,

didactics, linguistics and pedagogy, ICT▶ Each project will have a tutor as soon as it is approved

by the commitee

What is a research proposal?

Recommendations

▶ Have a setting and population to carry out the implementation

▶ Avoid research projects in the program▶ Be careful when you select your research group▶ Be receptive to suggestions and feedback▶ Organize a schedule to work weekly on your proposal

Research proposal

Recommendations

▶ Be on time▶ Take the material to class previously read▶ Participate actively in the discussions and

presentations▶ Provide feedback to your classmates

Research in ELT class

▶ - Corbin, J., & Strauss, A. (2008). Basics of qualitative research: Techniques to developing grounded theory (3rd Ed.). Los Angeles, CA: Sage.

▶ - Creswell, J. W. (2002). Educational research: Planning, conducting, and evaluating quantitative. Prentice Hall.

▶ - Noblit, G. W., & Hare, R. D. (1988). Meta-ethnography: Synthesizing qualitative studies (Vol. 11). Sage.

▶ - Johnson, B., & Turner, L. A. (2003). Data collection strategies in mixed methods research. Handbook of mixed methods in social and behavioral research, 297-319.

▶ - Johnson, Burke; Christensen, Larry.(2012) Educational research: Quantitative and qualitative approaches.

▶ - Mackenzie, N., & Knipe, S. (2006). Research dilemmas: Paradigms, methods and methodology. Issues in educational research, 16(2), 193-205.

▶ - Nunan, D. (1992). Research methods in language learning. Cambridge University Press.▶ - Sim, J. (1998). Collecting and analysing qualitative data: issues raised by the focus group. Journal of

advanced nursing, 28(2), 345-352.▶ -Verd, J. M. (2004). Qualitative research methods.▶ - Wang, X. Researcher’s Reflection On Conducting Qualitative Research Methodology. In Conference

Proceedings Fall 2007.

References