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Research Methods in Linguistics and Professional Development (The Show Must Begin)

Research Methods in Linguistics and Professional Development (The Show Must Begin) . Alexander Kuptsov, Senior ESL Teacher, English Language Department, HSE Law School Moscow . Higher School of Economics , Moscow , 201 3 www.hse.ru. Current Situation. Teaching is not research

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Research Methods in Linguistics and Professional Development (The Show Must Begin)

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  1. Research Methods in Linguistics and Professional Development(The Show Must Begin) Alexander Kuptsov, Senior ESL Teacher, English Language Department, HSE Law School Moscow HigherSchoolofEconomics , Moscow, 2013 www.hse.ru

  2. Current Situation Teaching is not research 2. No more choice How to start? = What do we needto know? photo photo photo Further Reading: Simon Borg, English Language Teachers’ Conceptions of Research, Applied Linguistics, September 2009 (30/3) HigherSchoolofEconomics , Moscow, 2013

  3. What Do We Need to Know? photo photo photo HigherSchoolofEconomics , Moscow, 2013

  4. Research - How Do You See It? Free Associations photo Cue Word Response 1. Research 2. Research 3. Research 4. Research 5. Research 6. Research 7. Research 8. Research 9. Research 10. Research photo photo Is this a research? HigherSchoolofEconomics , Moscow, 2013

  5. Research or Teaching Classify the following concepts photo Literature review Data collection Error correction Students and teachers Language skills Interview photo Quantitative methods Data analysis Interaction pattern Fluency and accuracy photo Qualitative methods Classroom management HigherSchoolofEconomics , Moscow, 2013

  6. Broad Categories of Research

  7. Qualitative Research Qualitative research involves data collection procedures that result primarily in open-ended non-numeric data which are then analyzed primarily by non statistical methods. (Research Methods in Applied Linguistics by ZoltanDörney, p.24)

  8. Qualitative Research - Main Characteristics

  9. Qualitative Research - Strengths and Weaknesses

  10. Qualitative Research - Data Collection In qualitative research there are no explicit restrictions on what can be considered ‘data’ and the researcher in a qualitative project often starts by treating everything around a topic as potential data. (Research Methods in Applied Linguistics by ZoltanDörney, p.125) • Ethnography • Interview • Introspective methods • Case studies • Diary studies

  11. Qualitative Research Quantitative research involves data collection procedures that result primarily in numerical data which are analyzed primarily by statistical methods, for example, a survey research which using a questionnaire, analyzed by statistical software such as SPSS. (Research Methods in Applied Linguistics by ZoltanDörney, p.24)

  12. Qualitative Research - Main Characteristics

  13. Quantitative Research - Strengths and Weaknesses • Big sample size • Measurement • Reliable data • Focused Research • Average out • responses • Limited • explanatory • capacity

  14. Quantitative Research - Data Collection Sample - a group of participants whom the researcher actually examines in an empirical investigation Population - the group of people whom the study is about Sampling procedures - procedures that are adopted to select a smaller number of people to be investigated

  15. Conclusion Areas to study: Nature of research (validity and reliability) Research methods (qualitative, quantitative, mixed methods) Applied Linguistics as a whole (areas and study methods)

  16. Thank you for your attention!

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