Topic outline
- General
- Course details
Course details
Course title: Research Methodology
Credit hours: 1h30 per week (TD)
N° of weeks: 15 Weeks/ Semester (21.30 hours/S)
Level: L3
Coefficient: 2
Credits: 4
UE: Methodology
- Teacher's details
Teacher's details
Name: Dr Khedidja HAMMOUDI
Rank: Lecturer
Office: 4 th floor (Head of the Section)
Email: doujamido1@gmail.com
Moodle https://elearn.univ-tlemcen.dz/course/view.php?id=1730
TEAMS: khedidja.hammoudi@univ-tlemcen.dz
- Module's description
Module's description
This course introduces the module of Research Methodology for undergraduate students (L3 classes of the Department of English, Faculty of Letters and Languages). It also gives technical terms, definitions, basic expressions, concepts, illustrations and many other aspects related to the field of research. The primary aim of this course is to theoretically prelude students to knowing what research is and what are the different methodological procedures to achieve the research objectives. This will make them able to practically conduct it and deal with it in the near future as master’s students.
- Course objectives
Course objectives
✓ Introducing research terminology.
✓ Get accustomed to the technical concepts that are used in research
✓ Helping the learners to undertake research following a certain methodology
✓ Prepare students for future research products (extended essays/ master’s dissertations)
- Course contents
Course contents
Course Contents (as presented in the ministerial canvas (2016-2017)
➢ Semester 5
- Research methods
- The choice of the research topic
- Sources of data
➢ Semester 6
- Data collection
- Data analysis
- Thesis writing
- Direct References
Direct References
- Brown, James Dean. Understanding Research in Second Language Learning. Cambridge: CUP. 1988.
- Cohen, Louis, Manion, Lawrence, and Morrison, Keith. Research Methods in Education. New York: Routledge. 2007.
- Johnstone, Barbara. Qualitative Methods in Sociolinguistics. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2000.
- Research
Research
Title of the lecture: Research
Duration of the course: 1h 30min
Pre-requisites: Knowledge of the language
Objectives of the course:
Initiation to research
Students’ thinking/ reflection skills (warming up/ Brainstorming/ hook):
Starting from the idea that searching refers to looking for something
Factual knowledge (will know)
What research is
Procedural knowledge (will be able to)
Define research
Conceptual knowledge (will understand)
‘Research’ in the module
Course components:
· Different definitions of research
· Types of research
· Criteria of a good researcher
Differentiated practice
Trying to find the students’ conception and perception of research and its different types and what qualifies them as good researchers
Assessment
-Giving the students’ own examples of research
-Comparing between a good and a bad researcher
Closing
Summarizing what research is about in the field of research methodology and dissertation (thesis/ extended essay) writing.
Extensions
Trying to elaborate students’ own definition of research
In this space, students are allowed to ask questions related to the lecture.
- Methodology
Methodology
Title of the lecture: Methodology
Duration of the course: 1h 30min
Pre-requisites: knowledge of the language
Objectives of the course:
Making students acquainted with the term methodology in research
Students’ thinking/ reflection skills (warming up/ Brainstorming):
What is methodology according to them
Factual knowledge (will know)
Methodology
Procedural knowledge (will be able to)
Follow a methodology
Conceptual knowledge (will understand)
The research onion
Course components:
· Definition of methodology
· Different steps of a methodological research
Differentiated practice
Giving several topics and applying the methodological frame all together in class
Assessment
Choose a topic and follow the methodological procedures learned
Closing
Correcting the activity to check understanding
Extensions
Further readings required
In this space, students are allowed to ask questions related to the lecture.
- Research Methods
Research Methods
Title of the lecture: Research Methods
Duration of the course: 1h 30min
Pre-requisites: Knowing what research is
Objectives of the course:
Differentiating between methodology and method
Students’ thinking/ reflection skills (warming up/ Brainstorming):
Factual knowledge (will know)
Different methods
Procedural knowledge (will be able to)
Use the methods
Conceptual knowledge (will understand)
Their differences
Course components:
-What is a method?
-Quantitative methods
-Qualitative methods
-Mixed methods
-Some examples of research methods
Differentiated practice
Analyse some examples all together in class
Assessment
Choose a topic of research and give the possible methods for data collection
Closing
Comparing QN and QL methods
Extensions
Further readings and research required
In this space, students are allowed to ask questions related to the lecture.
- The Experiment
The Experiment
Title of the lecture: The experiment
Duration of the course: 1h 30min
Pre-requisites: students should know what a method is
Objectives of the course:
Grasping the experiment as a method in English studies
Students’ thinking/ reflection skills (warming up/ Brainstorming):
Starting with the frog/ mouse and injection illustration
Factual knowledge (will know)
What the experiment is
Procedural knowledge (will be able to)
Utilize experiments
Conceptual knowledge (will understand)
How to experiment things
Course components:
· Definition of the experiment
· How to conduction an experiment
Differentiated practice
Illustrating the cause-and-effect relationship
Assessment
Choose a dependent variable and state the different effects of the tested independent variables (of your choice)
Closing
· Where to use an experiment as a method
· Advantages and disadvantages of an experimental method
Extensions
Further readings required
In this space, students are allowed to ask questions related to the lecture.
- The Survey
The Survey
Title of the lecture: The survey
Duration of the course: 1h 30min
Pre-requisites: knowing what a method is
Objectives of the course:
Introducing the survey as a research method in English language studies
Students’ thinking/ reflection skills (warming up/ Brainstorming):
Have you seen journalists in some TV channels hanging in the street and asking people about their attitudes towards the new reforms made by the president? That’s a survey!
Factual knowledge (will know)
The survey method
Procedural knowledge (will be able to)
Use it
Conceptual knowledge (will understand)
How to use it
Course components:
Definition of the survey How to conduct a survey
Differentiated practice
Distributing a questionnaire to the students or holding an interview-like conversation to illustrate how a written/verbal survey works
Assessment
Select a topic where a survey can be used
Closing
Distinguishing a survey from an experiment
Extensions
Assignments or group works are encouraged Further readings required
In this space, students are allowed to ask questions related to the lecture.
- The Case Study
The Case Study
Title of the lecture: The case Study
Duration of the course: 1h 30min
Pre-requisites: knowing the research methods
Objectives of the course:
Defining the case study as a research method
Students’ thinking/ reflection skills (warming up/ Brainstorming):
We have seen different ways of sampling, can one person be the unit of research?
Factual knowledge (will know)
The case study
Procedural knowledge (will be able to)
Recognise case studies
Conceptual knowledge (will understand)
How it works
Course components:
· Definition
· Steps of designing and conducting a case study
Differentiated practice
Bringing some master’s dissertations or doctoral theses where the case study is chosen as a research method and show them to students in order to comment on them
Assessment
Choose a topic where a case study is adequate as a research method and explain why and how it can be conducted
Closing
Compare between the research methods that we have seen
Extensions
Further readings required
In this space, students are allowed to ask questions related to the lecture.
- The Choice of a Research Topic
The Choice of a Research Topic
Title of the lecture: The Choice of a Topic
Duration of the course: 1h 30min
Pre-requisites: background of research and methods
Objectives of the course:
· Learning how to choose a topic of research
· Qualities and criteria of a good research topic
Students’ thinking/ reflection skills (warming up/ Brainstorming):
What do you think can make a good research?
Factual knowledge (will know)
How to choose a topic
Procedural knowledge (will be able to)
Think of possible topics
Conceptual knowledge (will understand)
The criteria & qualities
Course components:
· The choice of the topic
· What makes a good topic
Differentiated practice
What are the fields that interest you as a student? From this, you can select a topic for research
Assessment
Select a topic and state what makes it a good one
Closing
Evaluation and discussion of the different proposed topics
Extensions
Further practice is required (especially that it will be related to the practice of the second semester)
In this space, students are allowed to ask questions related to the lecture.
- Sources of Data
Sources of Data
Title of the lecture: Sources of data
Duration of the course: 1h 30min
Pre-requisites: What does data mean as a concept in research methodology
Objectives of the course:
Students’ thinking/ reflection skills (warming up/ Brainstorming):
The opposition between widely known original brands like ‘puma or nike’ and a second-hand shoes can be projected to understand the difference between primary and secondary concepts that are used along the lecture.
Factual knowledge (will know)
Sources of data
Procedural knowledge (will be able to)
Categorize data
Conceptual knowledge (will understand)
Primary & secondary data
Course components:
· Primary sources of data
· Secondary sources of data
Differentiated practice
Comparing between different examples of data sources
Assessment
What is the difference between primary and secondary sources of data and in which contexts/ types of research can we use each of them?
Closing
How to implement those data sources in an extended essay/ a dissertation/ a thesis
Extensions
More readings required
In this space, students are allowed to ask questions related to the lecture.
- Second Semester
Second Semester
- Programme of the Second Semester:
1. Data collection
2. Principles of data collection
3. Research tools
-The questionnaire
-The interview
-Observation
-Tests
4. Data analysis
-Quantitative data analysis
-Qualitative data analysis
5. Writing a thesis
6. Quoting
7. Summarising and paraphrasing
8. Writing a bibliography
-Exercises
- Topic 16
Topic 16
This file includes some revision about data collection definition, types, and procedures.
Title of the lecture: Data Collection
Duration of the course: 1h 30min
Pre-requisites: knowing what data stand for
Objectives of the course:
Ø Defining the process of data collection
Ø Primary vs secondary data collection
Students’ thinking/ reflection skills (warming up/ Brainstorming):
What do you think about the Monalisa painting?
Factual knowledge (will know)
Data collection
Procedural knowledge (will be able to)
Collect types of data
Conceptual knowledge (will understand)
Procedures of collecting
Course components:
· What is data collection?
· What are its procedures?
· Primary vs. secondary data collection
Differentiated practice
A reminder about the sources of data and their relation with the types of data obtained
Assessment
What makes the difference between primary and secondary data? How to collect each?
Closing
A comparative activity
Extensions
Further readings needed
Practice will be related to the topic that has been chosen in earlier lectures
- Topic 17
Topic 17
- Topic 18
Topic 18
- Definition of Research
Definition of Research
This is the first lecture in Research Methodology. It introduces basic concepts of the module.
- Lecture One: The Questionnaire
Lecture One: The Questionnaire
Title of the lecture: The questionnaire
Duration of the course: 1h 30min
Pre-requisites: knowing instruments for data collection
Objectives of the course:
To be able to distinguish and design a questionnaire as a research tool
Students’ thinking/ reflection skills (warming up/ Brainstorming):
Asking the question if ever they have been subject to a questionnaire, how they feel about it and how was their experience with it?
Factual knowledge (will know)
The questionnaire
Procedural knowledge (will be able to)
Develop a questionnaire
Conceptual knowledge (will understand)
How to use it
Course components:
· What is a questionnaire?
· How to elaborate a questionnaire?
Differentiated practice
Working on a questionnaire (group work)
Assessment
Elaborating all the parts of the questionnaire (individual work)
Closing
Reading and evaluating the questionnaires of the students
Extensions
Further practice needed
This space is designed for students having questions about the lecture.
- Lecture Two: The Interview
Lecture Two: The Interview
Title of the lecture: The interview
Duration of the course: 1h 30min
Pre-requisites: knowing research instruments
Objectives of the course:
Developing students’ awareness that the interview is a research instrument for data collection and it can be implemented in their extended essays or master’s dissertations
Students’ thinking/ reflection skills (warming up/ Brainstorming):
What to do you think about TV interviews like those in ENNAHAR TV?
Factual knowledge (will know)
The interview
Procedural knowledge (will be able to)
Develop an interview
Conceptual knowledge (will understand)
How to implement it
Course components:
· What is an interview?
· How to elaborate an interview?
Differentiated practice
Working on an interview (group work)
Assessment
Elaborating all the parts of the interview (individual work)
Closing
Reading and evaluating the interviews of the students
Extensions
Further practice needed
This space is designed for discussion about the lecture.
- Lecture three: Observation
Lecture three: Observation
Title of the lecture: The observation
Duration of the course: 1h 30min
Pre-requisites: knowing the research instruments
Objectives of the course:
The observation as a research tool for primary data collection
Students’ thinking/ reflection skills (warming up/ Brainstorming):
The story of seeing a friend but not noticing what they were wearing
Factual knowledge (will know)
The observation
Procedural knowledge (will be able to)
Develop a checklist
Conceptual knowledge (will understand)
Handle the observation
Course components:
· What is an observation?
· How to elaborate an observation?
Differentiated practice
Working on an observation checklist (group work)
Assessment
Elaborating all the parts of the observation checklist (individual work)
Closing
Reading and evaluating the observation checklists of the students
Extensions
Further practice needed
Discussion is open in this space.
- Lecture Four: Tests
Lecture Four: Tests
Title of the lecture: Tests
Duration of the course: 1h 30min
Pre-requisites: knowing research instruments
Objectives of the course:
Tests are not only meant to obtain grades, but can also be used as research tools
Students’ thinking/ reflection skills (warming up/ Brainstorming):
When you hear about tests, what comes to your mind?
Factual knowledge (will know)
Tests as tools
Procedural knowledge (will be able to)
Develop tests
Conceptual knowledge (will understand)
The importance of tests
Course components:
· What is a test?
· How to elaborate a test?
Differentiated practice
Working on a specific test (group work)
Assessment
Elaborating all the parts of the test (individual work)
Closing
Reading and evaluating the tests of the students
Extensions
Further practice needed
- Lecture Five: Data Analysis (1)
Lecture Five: Data Analysis (1)
Title of the lecture: Data analysis
Duration of the course: 1h 30min
Pre-requisites: knowing what data gathering is
Objectives of the course:
How to analyse the data
Students’ thinking/ reflection skills (warming up/ Brainstorming):
After finishing the collection of data, what are we going to do with it?
Factual knowledge (will know)
Data analysis
Procedural knowledge (will be able to)
Conceptual knowledge (will understand)
Course components:
· What is data analysis?
· Qualitative data analysis
· Quantitative data analysis
Differentiated practice
Suppose that you have collected data from the pre-establish questionnaire, how you are going to analyse them?
Assessment
Giving them the raw data obtained from a questionnaire to analyse it
Closing
Summarizing the details and differences between QN and QL analyses
Extensions
More readings are needed
- Lecture Six: Data Analysis (2)
Lecture Six: Data Analysis (2)
- Lecture Seven: Thesis Writing
Lecture Seven: Thesis Writing
Title of the lecture: Writing a Thesis
Duration of the course: 1h 30min
Pre-requisites: grasping all the previous lectures
Objectives of the course:
· What is a thesis/ dissertation
· How to structure it
Students’ thinking/ reflection skills (warming up/ Brainstorming):
Imagine yourself a master’s student asked to write a dissertation
Factual knowledge (will know)
What a thesis is
Procedural knowledge (will be able to)
How to write a thesis
Conceptual knowledge (will understand)
The role of our lessons
Course components:
Different parts of a thesis
Differentiated practice
Elaborating each part of the lecture separately (e.g., abstract, general introduction…)
Assessment
Gathering all the parts together in order to form a dissertation
Closing
Presenting the work
Extensions
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- Exercises
Exercises
- All lessons (Mr.Meghaghi)
All lessons (Mr.Meghaghi)
- Online Exam Procedure
Online Exam Procedure
- Online Exam Question
Online Exam Question
- Academic Year: 2020-2021
Academic Year: 2020-2021
- Topic 32
Topic 32
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