This course is intended to improve your understanding of the research process, to familiarize you with a variety of methods of 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, experimental research, and ethnography. The main work of the quarter involves conducting an original research project. In addition, you will read and critique selected research in second language acquisition.