ELT501


Course Title Course Code Program Level
RESEARCH METHODS ELT501 English Language Teaching M.A / M.Sc.

Course Term
(Course Semester)
Teaching and Learning Methods
Credits
Theory Practice Lab Projects/Field Work Seminars/Workshops Other Total Credits ECTS Credits
01
(Fall)
42 0 0 0 60 80 182 3 7,5

Teaching Staff Assoc.. Prof. Dr. Ceyhun KARABIYIK
Language of Instruction İngilizce (English)
Type Of Course Compulsory
Prerequisites None
Recommended Optional Programme Component
Course Objectives To enable MA students learn and apply scientific research methods and skills in accordance with research ethics and to give the chance of designing a research assignment to set the background for the thesis.
Course Content The process of conducting research and research ethics, data types, data collection, analysis, interpretation, reporting, and evaluation, types of research design.
Learning Outcomes (LO) At the end of the course students will: 1. Develop an understanding of the steps of educational research and research ethics; 2. Develop an understanding of data including its collection, analysis, interpretation, reporting, and evaluation; 3. Develop an understanding of the types of research design.
Mode of Delivery Face to face
Course Outline
Week Topics
1. Week Research
2. Week Research Ethics
3. Week Research Reporting, Research Questions, and Replication
4. Week Common Data Collection Measures
5. Week Research Variables, Validity, and Reliability
6. Week Quantitative Research
7. Week Qualitative and Interpretive Research
8. Week Midterm exam
9. Week Mixed Methods
10. Week Coding
11. Week Coding workshop
12. Week Classroom Research
13. Week Concluding and Reporting Research
14. Week Analysing data using SPSS
15. Week Analysing data using SPSS
16. Week Final Exam
17. Week
18. Week
19. Week
20. Week
21. Week
22. Week
23. Week
24. Week
25. Week
26. Week
27. Week
28. Week
Assessment
  Percentage(%)
Mid-term (%) 60 (70% assignments + 30% exam)
Quizes (%)
Homeworks/Term papers (%)
Practice (%)
Labs (%)
Projects/Field Work (%)
Seminars/Workshops (%)
Final (%) 60 (70% assignments + 30% exam)
Other (%)
Total(%) 100
Course Book (s) and/or References American Psychological Association. (2020). Publication manual of the American Psychological Association: The official guide to APA style (7th ed.). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association. Creswell, J. W. (2014). Research Design: Qualitative, Quantitative and Mixed Methods Approaches (4th ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage. Creswell, J. W. (2015). Educational research: Planning, conducting, and evaluating quantitative and qualitative research. Pearson. Creswell, J. W., & Poth, C. N. (2018). Qualitative inquiry & research design: Choosing among five approaches (Fourth edition.). SAGE. Mackey, A., & Gass, S. M. (2005). Second language research: Methodology and design. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates Publishers. Pallant, J. (2020). Spss survival manual: A step by step guide to data analysis using Ibm Spss. Routledge. Tabachnick, B. G., & Fidell, L. S. (2013). Using Multivariate Statistics (6th ed.). Boston, MA: Pearson.
Work Placement(s) -
The Relationship between Program Qualifications (PQ) and Course Learning Outcomes (LO)

 

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LO 3

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PQ4

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X

X

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PQ6

 

 

 

PQ7

 

 

 

PQ8

X

X

X

PQ9

X

X

X

PQ10

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X

X

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PQ12

X

X

X

PQ13

X

X

X

 

  1= Very weak   2= Weak   3= Moderate     4= Strong     5= Very strong