SemesterSpring Semester, 2020
DepartmentMA Program of English, First Year
Course NameResearch Methods and Writing
InstructorYU MING-CHUNG
Credit3.0
Course TypeRequired
Prerequisite
Course Objective
Course Description
Course Schedule

Course Outline (RM for Research Methods in Language Learning; SL for Second Language Research Methods; SLAR for An Introduction to Second Language Acquisition Research; WUR for Writing up Research; BD for By Design)



Week 1:     No class

Week 2:     Course introduction     

Week 3:     An introduction to research methods I--RM: 1; SL: Ch 1 & 3; SL: Ch 1 & 3; SLAR: Ch 1 

Week 4:     An introduction to research methods II--RM: 1 & The experimental method I--RM: 2; SL: Ch 4 & 5 

Week 5:     An introduction to research methods III--RM: 1 & The experimental method II--RM: 2; SL: Ch 6 & 7 & 8  

Week 6:     No class 

Week 7:     Ethnography--RM: 3; SL; Ch 9 

Week 8:     Case study--RM: 4; Classroom observation and research--RM: 5 

Week 9:     Midterm 

Week 10:   Introspective methods--RM: 6; SLAR: Ch 3 & 4   

Week 11:   Elicitation technique--RM: 7; SLAR: Ch 6 & 8 

Week 12:   Identifying and using library sources  

Week 13:   In-class quiz; WUR: 1-4 

Week 14:   WUR: 5 & 6; BD: Ch 1-3      

Week 15:   WUR: 7 & 8 & 9; BD: Ch 4-6 

Week 16:   Class Presentation; BD: Ch 7-10

Week 17:   Finals


Teaching Methods
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Requirement/Grading

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Textbook & Reference

請參每週進度, 並會有額外補充資料.


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