COURSE OUTLINE                                                                                                SPRING 2020

Course Title: Research methodology

Course Code: ENG-6130

Semester: VI

Credit Hours: 03

Instructor: Azhar Pervaiz

Email:[email protected]

DESCRIPTION & OBJECTIVES

The aims and objectives of this course are to introduce students to the very basic concepts of language which have immediate relation to their ordinary as well as academic life. To sensitize students to the various shades and aspects of language, to show that it is not a monolithic whole but something that can be looked at in detail. The core concepts of research in linguistics will particularly be discussed. The students will further be taught and hand on practice will be given about the citation and on line research.

READINGS

1. Kumar, R. (2019). Research methodology: A step-by-step guide for beginners. Sage Publications Limited.
2. Best, J. W., & Kahn, V. J. (1982). Research Methodology Education.
3. Gay, L. R., Mills, G. E., & Airasian, P. W. (2009). Educational research: Competencies for analysis and applications. Merrill/Pearson.
4. Perry Jr, F. L. (2011). Research in applied linguistics: Becoming a discerning consumer. Taylor & Francis.
5. Mackey, A., & Gass, S. M. (2015). Second language research: Methodology and design. Routledge.

CONTENTS

Course Contents:

1. Introduction

a. What is Research?

b. Significance of Research

c. Types of Research

d. Research Variables

e. Research Problem and Hypothesis

f. Reliability Vs. Validity

2. Qualitative Approaches

a. Ethnography

b. Conversation Analysis

c. Text Analysis

d. Case study etc.

3. Quantitative approaches

a. Experimental Research

b. Non-experimental Research

c. Corpus Analysis

4. Tools of Data collection

a. Primary VS Secondary sources

b. Interviews

c. Questionnaires etc.

5. Sampling and Scaling

a. Restricted and Unrestricted sampling

b. Systematic and Stratified sampling

c. Nominal and Ordinal scales

d. Rating and Likert-type scales

6. Writing up Research

a. Research Proposal

b. Literature Review with APA

c. Research Abstract

d. Research Papers and Theses

7. Machine Assisted Research

8. Ethical issues in Research

RESEARCH PROJECT

Group activity, paper writing on Applied Linguistics

ASSESSMENT CRITERIA

Sessional:       20

Mid                 30

Project:            05

Presentation:   10

Participation:  05

Final exam:     50

RULES AND REGULATIONS

Attendance: 75 %