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Tue. 9.30-12.30          level:3rd year          

lessons are available on google classroom, contact nesrine.ati3@gmail.com to receive an invitation email. course code: uh6fgpw

Course Content :

What is a research?

Types of research

The research process

Formulating a research problem

Types of questions and hypotheses

Identifying variables

Data Collection tools

Analysing quantitative and qualitative data

Research Ethics

Learning Outcomes :

Knowledge :

This course aims to give undergraduates a thorough understanding of          research methodology and prepares them for further advanced courses at the      graduate level.

Skills :

The course aims to provide students with the ability to properly identify the different types of research, formulate and evaluate research questions and hypotheses, and carefully choose the adequate sampling technique and data collection tools.

 

            Performance

            By the end of semester 6, students should be able to successfully plan, design, and carefully evaluate a research project.  

Objectives :

During this course students should:

    •         Work in a collaborative environment
    •         Learn about the nature of the research process
    •        Generate a research topic and understand the different sources that it can stem from.
    •         Differentiate between qualitative and quantitative methodologies.
    •         Analyse and identify research questions, hypotheses, sampling techniques, and data collection tools.   
    •         Be aware of the different ethical problems that can occur while conducting research.

Attendance      10%
  • ·        Quizzes             25%
  • ·        Test                   30%
  • ·        Project Work   30 %
  • ·        Bonus Marks    5%



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    Course Level:        2 nd Year BA Students

    Credit Value: 2       Coefficient: 1   

    Grading System:     50% Course Grades      50% EXAM

    Course Grades:      (Attendance 10%         Quizzes  40%          Written Test 50% )

    Course Description:

    This course introduces second year EFL students to basic concepts in phonetics and phonology, including its theoretical and practical aspects. Students will gain an understanding on supra-segmental phonetics and aspects of connected speech in the English Language.

    Learning Outcomes: 

    On successful completion of this module, students are expected to have knowledge of the following concepts and demonstrate that knowledge through practical means:

    • Syllable structure
    • Word stress
    • Aspects of Connected speech: Weak Forms; Elision; Linking; Assimilation
    • Intonation

    • Essential Readings: 

      Clark, J., & Yallop, C.(1992). An introduction to phonetics and phonology. Oxford: Blackwell Publishers.

      Collins, B., & Mees, I.M.(2003). Practical phonetics and phonology. London: Routledge.

      Roach, P. (2009). English phonetics and phonology (4th ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

      Course Objectives:

      - Students will identify the structure of English syllable and word stress placements.

      - Students will know different phonological processes such as assimilation, linking, etc.

      - Students will transcribe English larger stretches of speech.


    The present module seeks to pesent the different learning styles and learning strategies, the tools that students can rely on to achieve success, notetaking as a method and the relationship between it and critical reading. it also introduces the academic purposes of reading and the multiple types of academic writing.