This course is intended to improve your understanding of the research
process, to familiarize you with a variety of methods of research
commonly used in the field of TESOL and Applied Linguistics, and to
provide basic, practical skills in designing, carrying out, and
reporting on a research project. The course will focus on a variety of
research models, including survey research, discourse analysis, case
study, corpus research, experimental research, and ethnography. Student
groups will conduct original research projects. In addition, you will
read and critique selected research in second language acquisition.