The unit introduces students to important techniques relevant to research in applied linguistics and the research traditions in which those techniques can be located. Students will be introduced to qualitative, quantitative and mixed methods approaches to research in general, as well as to specific data collection techniques in each tradition, including surveys, interviews, observation and ethnography, transcription of discourse data, and classrooms observation. Students will have the opportunity to gain direct experience with several of the data collection procedures, and will also read and discuss published studies utilising the entire of techniques mentioned. -- Course Website
Instructor: Dr Simon Musgrave
