I. Course Description:
This course is a seminar-based introduction to research for students in the TEFL (Teaching English as a Foreign Language) MA Program in the Department of Foreign Languages and Literature. It is designed to encourage a research culture among faculty and MA students in the Department of Foreign Languages and Literature through sharing research ideas or results in each class. Sessions will be offered either (1) by scholars who will present recent research studies and discuss them with the audience, or (2) by those MA students who either have proposed/will propose their thesis work , or have defended/will defend their completed thesis work. Students in the course will be exposed to different research ideas and methodologies. The main goals of the present course are:
1) to give students an idea of what research is like and what the process looks like/how it is done;
2) to help students orient themselves to possible research topics in the future;
3) to foster an academic dialogue between students and teachers.
II. Course Content:
Sessions will be held every other Wednesday (12:20 - 2:00pm). The talk portion will be about 30-40 minutes long and be a presentation of planned/in process/completed research. Discussion and Q & A will follow.
I. Course Description:
This course is a seminar-based introduction to research for students in the TEFL (Teaching English as a Foreign Language) MA Program in the Department of Foreign Languages and Literature. It is designed to encourage a research culture among faculty and MA students in the Department of Foreign Languages and Literature through sharing research ideas or results in each class. Sessions will be offered either (1) by schoolers who will present recent research studies and discuss them with the audience, or (2) by those MA students who either have proposed/will propose their thesis work , or have defended/will defend their completed thesis work. Students in the course will be exposed to different research ideas and methods. The main goals of the present course are:
1) to give students an idea of what research is like and what the process looks like/how it is done;
2) to help students oriented themselves to possible research topics in the future;
3) to foster an academic dialogue between students and teachers.
II. Course Content:
Sessions will be held every other Wednesday (12:20 - 2:00pm). The talk portion will be about 30-40 minutes long and be a presentation of planned/in process/completed research. Discussion and Q & A will follow.
This course is a seminar-based introduction to research for students in the TEFL (Teaching English as a Foreign Language) MA Program in the Department of Foreign Languages and Literature. It is designed to encourage a research culture among faculty and MA students in the Department of Foreign Languages and Literature through sharing research ideas or results in each class. Sessions will be offered either (1) by scholars who will present recent research studies and discuss them with the audience, or (2) by those MA students who either have proposed/will propose their thesis work , or have defended/will defend their completed thesis work. Students in the course will be exposed to different research ideas and methodologies. The main goals of the present course are:
1) to give students an idea of what research is like and what the process looks like/how it is done;
2) to help students orient themselves to possible research topics in the future;
3) to foster an academic dialogue between students and teachers.
This course is a seminar-based introduction to research for students in the TEFL (Teaching English as a Foreign Language) MA Program in the Department of Foreign Languages and Literature. It is designed to encourage a research culture among faculty and MA students in the Department of Foreign Languages and Literature through sharing research ideas or results in each class. Sessions will be offered either (1) by schoolers who will present recent research studies and discuss them with the audience, or (2) by those MA students who either have proposed/will propose their thesis work , or have defended/will defend their completed thesis work. Students in the course will be exposed to different research ideas and methods. The main goals of the present course are:
1) to give students an idea of what research is like and what the process looks like/how it is done;
2) to help students oriented themselves to possible research topics in the future;
3) to foster an academic dialogue between students and teachers.
Abstracts of the oral presentations in class will be provided and uploaded to Moodle for reference. There is no need to purchase textbooks for this class.
Abstracts of the oral presentations in class will be provided and uploaded to Moodle for reference. There is no need to purchase textbooks for this class.
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