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    I. About the course (Informations sur le cours)

    Lecture Class

    Course Title: Research Methodology
    Credit hours 1:30 hrs
    Level: LMD 3 _G3/ G4
    Time: Wed, 8:30-10 a.m. (90 mins)
    Location: Computer Room

    Coefficient: 03
    UE: Unité Méthodologique

    Instructor

    Instructor: Ms. Khadidja HAMMOUDI
    Rank: Assistant teacher
    Office: Staff-Room 2. Department of English Language. Faculty of Letters and Foreign Languages.

                  or FTPLTP Lab. The block of Laboratories

    Consultation: Monday, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
    Email: doujamido1@gmail.com

    • General Course Objectives

      Objectives (Visées d’apprentissages)

      This course aims to guide L3 students at the Section of English in the university of Tlemcen towards achieving competence and proficiency in the theory of and practice to research. In more specific practical aims, the present course aims to:
      • Enable students understand what research is.
      • Raise awareness of the crucial value of scientific method.
      • Introduce the concept at the heart of every research project –the research problem- and to discuss what a researchable problem is.
      • Evaluate literature, form a variety of sources, pertinent to the research objectives.
      • Identify and justify the basic components of the research framework, relevant to the tackled research problem.
      • Explain and justify how researchers will collect research data.
      • Discuss how to cite sources, using the American Psychological Association (APA), and justify this choice.
      • Finally, warn the common mistakes in the field of research methodology.


    • Pre-requisits

      The following learning objectives have been prepared to assist the students in their preparation for the comprehension in the area of research methods. A review of content
      related to these learning objectives should provide you with the foundation required for a successful mastery of the content.

      • Students should understand a general definition of research design.
      • Students should be familiar with quantitative and qualitative research.
      • Students should know the primary characteristics of quantitative research and qualitative research.
      • Students should be able to identify a research problem stated in a study.
      • Students should be familiar with conducting a literature review  of the topic they are interested in.
      • Students should be able to design a correct, meaningful purpose statement and good research questions and hypotheses.
      • Students should known how differentiate between review of literature and theoretical background.
      • Students should be familiar with the distinct steps of making and tackling a research paper.
      • At the end, students can realize their own mini-memoir as a preparation for the future.
      For more details about the lecture, check the document attached



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    • Course Content

    • Chapter One

    • Chapter Two

    • Chapter Three

    • Bibliography

      1. Cohen, L. Lawrence, M., & Morrison, K. (2005). Research Methods in Education (5th edition). Oxford: Oxford University Press. 


       2. Denscombes, M. (2010). The Good Research Guide: For small-scale social research projects. Maiden-Read: Open University Press. 


       3. Dornyei, Z. (2007). Research Methods in Applied Linguistics. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 


       4. Hoadjli, A.C. (2015). The Washback Effect of an Alternative Testing Model on Teaching and Learning: An exploratory study on EFL secondary classes in Biskra. Unpublished Doctoral Thesis, University of Mohamed Kheider, Biskra. 


       5. Kothari, C. R. (1980). Research Methodology: Research and techniques, New Delhi: New Age International Publishers.

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