This essay is based on the 1st assignment. Word files is attached.
Word limit: 3,000 words excluding appendices
In this assignment, you are asked to
• choose an appropriate research design for your research;
• understand the importance quantitative variables;
• establish your research setting;
• determine your population and sample;
• delineate the differences between the two research paradigms;
• outline your research tools;
• understand the steps in carrying out a pilot study of your research;
• analyze and interpret your research data;
• discuss your research outcomes;
• delineate the implications of your research.
Use the following questions and steps to structure this part of your proposal:
1. How do you plan to carry out your research?
2. How will you analyze your data?
3. What are the expected outcomes of your research and its implications for EFL?
Steps
• Ground your methodology in an accepted research paradigm (e.g., qualitative and/or
quantitative) and in an established tradition (e.g., ethnography, action research,
grounded theory, practitioner research etc.).
• Align it against the relevant literature of that methodology. It may also be helpful to
identify relevant literatures from other disciplines (e.g., philosophy, sociology,
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anthropology) that suggest critical approaches to analogous questions. Where relevant,
provide a critical assessment of theoretical questions implicit in the work.
• Devise a preliminary schedule for the various stages of the dissertation project,
including time for research, writing, and revision of the manuscript. Where possible,
indicate prospective chapters and the projected times for their completion. This
schedule should reflect your best guesses regarding teaching and research support. You
should expect that your chapter outline and the amount of time you need to devote to
each section might change over the course of the research.
• Include a list of primary and secondary sources you have used to date in designing your
dissertation. In preliminary fashion, identify and describe key archival repositories and
other anticipated source materials, both published and unpublished.
