Unit convenor and teaching staff |
Unit convenor and teaching staff
APPL8020 Unit Convenor and Lecturer
Associate Professor Peter Roger
Contact via e-mail
12 Second Way (12SW) Level 5, Room 505
Flexible - please e-mail for an appointment
Applied Linguistics and TESOL Course Director
Associate Professor Philip Chappell
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Credit points |
Credit points
10
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Prerequisites |
Prerequisites
Admission to MAccComm or MAppLing or MAppLingTESOL or MTransInter or MConfInt or MAdvTransInterStud or MTransInterMAppLingTESOL
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Corequisites |
Corequisites
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Co-badged status |
Co-badged status
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Unit description |
Unit description
This unit focuses on general principles of research and the use of research methods in language studies. It covers the whole process of research from choosing a topic, searching the related literature on the topic, and formulating research questions, to collecting and analysing data and writing up research reports. The exploration of quantitative, qualitative, mixed-methods, discourse analysis and corpus linguistics methodologies develops students' research literacy to understand research reports and to design research projects. Research ethics and writing up a formal research proposal are two other components of this unit. |
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On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
Name | Weighting | Hurdle | Due |
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Online Quiz | 20% | No | Fri 01/04/2022 to Sat 02/04/2022 |
Research Question and Annotated Bibliography | 30% | No | Thursday 12/05/2022 at 23.59 PM |
Research Proposal | 50% | Yes | Sunday 05/06/2022 at 23.59 PM |
Assessment Type 1: Quiz/Test
Indicative Time on Task 2: 15 hours
Due: Fri 01/04/2022 to Sat 02/04/2022
Weighting: 20%
Students will complete an open-book online quiz with questions covering content from the first part the unit.
Assessment Type 1: Annotated bibliography
Indicative Time on Task 2: 30 hours
Due: Thursday 12/05/2022 at 23.59 PM
Weighting: 30%
Students will choose a topic and search databases and library resources to select relevant published articles to write an annotated bibliography that relates to their provisional research question.
Assessment Type 1: Plan
Indicative Time on Task 2: 35 hours
Due: Sunday 05/06/2022 at 23.59 PM
Weighting: 50%
This is a hurdle assessment task (see assessment policy for more information on hurdle assessment tasks)
Students will write a formal written literature review and research proposal for a small-scale study in an area of language-related research.
1 If you need help with your assignment, please contact:
2 Indicative time-on-task is an estimate of the time required for completion of the assessment task and is subject to individual variation
APPL8020 is delivered through a weekly two-hour on-campus seminar (lecture-workshop), which will be broadcast simultaneously by Zoom. The weekly session will be recorded and available through Echo 360. It is essential for students to listen to the complete lecture recording each week if they are not able to attend on campus or virtually by Zoom.
There is no set textbook for this unit, In some weeks there will be essential and optional accompanying reading to complete, and the articles/chapters will be made available through the Macquarie University Library via Leganto on the APPL8020 iLearn site.
Lecture slides and other materials will be posted weekly on the iLearn site.
APPL8020 and APPL7020 - Weekly Topics – S1 2022
(Any changes to this schedule will be publicised on iLearn)
Topic |
Leader |
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1
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Introduction to Research Methods in Language Studies
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Peter Roger |
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Primary Research: Overview of Quantitative, Qualitative and Mixed-Methods Approaches
Surveys and Correlational Studies
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Peter Roger |
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Conducting Secondary Research
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Cassi Liardet
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4 |
Narrative Inquiry Discourse Analysis
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Peter Roger |
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Experimental Research Designs Analysing Quantitative Data
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Peter Roger |
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Case Study Research Analysing Qualitative Data
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Peter Roger |
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Corpus Linguistics Research
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Adam Smith |
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MID-SEMESTER BREAK
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8 |
Sociolinguistic Ethnography I
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Ingrid Piller |
9
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Sociolinguistic Ethnography II |
Ingrid Piller |
10 |
Mixed Methods Research Research Ethics
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Peter Roger |
11
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Writing up Research |
Cassi Liardet |
12
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Your Research Proposal I |
Peter Roger |
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Your Research Proposal II
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Peter Roger |
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Unit information based on version 2022.03 of the Handbook