COURSE UNIT TITLE

: SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH METHODS

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
YIÖ 2010 SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH METHODS COMPULSORY 2 0 0 4

Offered By

ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHER EDUCATION

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASISTANT PROFESSOR ÖZLEM GÖRÜMLÜ

Offered to

ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHER EDUCATION

Course Objective

Understanding research approaches

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Understanding detailed features of research methods in ELT
2   Analyzing differences among research methods
3   Improving student s ability to learn how to apply research methods
4   Help students to apply research methods both in the ELT class and in social life
5   Developing student s knowledge to learn how to use research methods to solve their problem as teachers

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 Narrative Inquiry
3 Case Study
4 Ethnography
5 Action Reaserch
6 Mixed Methods
7 Observation
8 Midterm
9 Interviews
10 Open-Response Items in Questionnaires
11 Open-Response Items in Questionnaires
12 Introspective Techniques
13 Introspective Techniques
14 General Summary
15 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Qualitative Research in Applied Linguistics, Eds. Robert Croker, Juanita Heigham Macmillan 2009.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Teaching, research, discussion

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 STT TERM WORK (SEMESTER)
3 FINS FINAL EXAM
4 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.10 + FINS * 0.60
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + RST * 0.60

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)

esinkumlu@yahoo.com

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 2 26
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 1 13
Preparation for midterm exam 1 12 12
Preparation for final exam 1 20 20
Preparing assignments 5 1 5
Preparing presentations 10 1 10
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 88

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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