COURSE UNIT TITLE

: RESEARCH TECHNIQUES IN ELT

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
YDI 6045 RESEARCH TECHNIQUES IN ELT COMPULSORY 2 0 0 6

Offered By

English Language Teacher Education

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR FATMA FERYAL ÇUBUKÇU

Offered to

English Language Teacher Education

Course Objective

The aim is to equip students with the basic concepts of research techniques, historical background, different type sof research, design, instrumenttaion, partiicpants, data collection techniques, data study and analyses, and to write an article accoding to the tenets of qualitative or quantitative studies.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Gaining information about different kinds of research methods
2   applying the qualitative research to an ELT topic
3   applying the quantitative research to an ELT topic
4   doing a case study
5   analysing scholarly texts

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction to techniques
2 Basic concepts
3 narrative inquiry
4 case study
5 ethnography
6 action research
7 mixed methods
8 midterm exam
9 Observation
10 Observation
11
12 Interview
13 Open response
14 Introspective techniques
15 final exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Coker, Robert (2009) Qualitative Research in Applied Linguistics:NY: Juanita Heigham Macmillan

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

lecturing, research, discussion

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTEG MIDTERM GRADE
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTEG * 0.30 +ASG* 0.10 + FCG* 0.60
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE MTEG * 0.30 + ASG * 0.10 + RST * 0.60


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

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)

leyla.harputlu@gmail.com

Office Hours

tuesdyas 13.30-15.30

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 1 13
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 5 65
Preparation for midterm exam 1 4 4
Preparation for final exam 1 4 4
Preparing assignments 13 5 65
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 153

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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