PPT file: Research Methods in Applied Linguistics

  1. What is knowledge? P.3
  2. Give two reasons why the early man progressed slowly? P.3
  3. Name the four sources of information? P.4
  4. What is meant by sensory experiences? P.5
  5. What are the two problems with sensory experiences?
  6. What is meant by expert opinion? P.6
  7. What are the two problems with expert opinion? P.6
  8. What are the two subclasses of logic?P.7
  9. Is deduction always trustable? Show through example? ****
  10. What is meant by scientific method? P.8
  11. What does it mean when we say a piece of research is scientific? ****
  12. What is meant by deduction? Exemplify? P.7
  13. What is meant by induction? Exemplify? ****
  14. What is meant by logical positivism? P. 8
  15. What is meant by post (new) positivism? P. 8
  16. Name the five features of research. P. 10
  17. Describe the term systematic as one of the features of research. P. 11
  18. Describe the term logical as one of the features of research. P. 12
  19. Describe the term reductive as one of the features of research. P. 13
  20. Describe the term replicable as one of the features of research. P. 14
  21. Describe the term generative as one of the features of research. P. 15
  22. Name the two kinds of research. P. 16
  23. What is meant by confirmatory research? P. 17
  24. What is meant by exploratory research? P. 17
  25. Name the two methods of research. P. 18
  26. What is meant by pure research? P. 19
  27. What is meant by applied research? P. 19
  28. What are the four goals of research? P. 20
  29. Give examples for description. P. 21
  30. Give examples forprediction. P.22
  31. Give examples for Improvement. P.23
  32. Give examples forexplanation. P.24
  33. Name the steps in conducting research. P. 22
  34. Describe the three steps in formulating a research question. P. 24
  35. What is a hypothesis?****

Chapter three

Read it carefully to get acquainted with some research areas. The chapter will provide you with some knowledge on possible fields of study.

Chapter four

  1. Justify this sentence: “The professor should give advice but should not give topic to the students.” Give two reasons. P. 34
  2. What are the three features of a good research question? P. 35
  3. Consider this topic: “How do people acquire their native language?” Is this a good research question? If no, improve it and write a second one extracted from the above research question. P. 36
  4. Describe the three types of research questions. P. 37
  5. What type of research question is the following? “What are the frequent grammatical errors in composition of Standard 6 ESL students of English literature.” P. 38
  6. Write a research question that is descriptive? P. 38
  7. Write a research question that is correlational? P. 39
  8. Write a research question that is cause-effect? P. 40
  9. What is a hypothesis? P. 40
  10. Define the two types of hypotheses? P. 40
  11. Write a correlational research question and then write a null hypothesis for it. ****p. 40
  12. Write a descriptive research question and then write a directional hypothesis for it? **** p.40
  13. Write a title on stress. ****
  14. Write a title on inflation. ****
  15. Write a title using the two variables “happiness” and “rate of income”****
  16. Write a research question and a research hypothesis (null or directional) for 50 above. ****

In the class

  1. Name some of the sources from which you can extract your articles and other information sources? ****
  2. Name some online information databases from which you can extract your books, articles, etc. ****
  3. What types of data you can retrieve from SID, MAGIRAN, NOORMAG, RICeST and ISC?****
  4. How can you get access to high ranking journals over the globe?*****
  5. Name a site that can provide you with free access to theses and dissertations.****
  6. Name the Iranian organization that currently holds the largest database of Iranian students theses and dissertations?****
  7. Name ten journals on translation (5 Persian and five English)****
  8. Suppose that you have been one article that is completely relevant to the topic on which you are working. What is the easiest way to find more sources relevant to your topic? ****
  9. Write one way by which you can retrieve more academic sources in Google Search Engine (How do you fill in the query?)****
  10. Could white papers be used in our research or not? Explain.****
  11. Are data or entries retrieved from Wikipedia trustable? Explain. Compare them with articles from peer-review scientific journals. ****
  12. What is plagiarism and how can we avoid it? Explain.****