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Research Project in L2 Education (EDUC90746)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 12.5On Campus (Parkville)
About this subject
- Overview
- Eligibility and requirements
- Assessment
- Dates and times
- Further information
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Contact information
March
August
Overview
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This subject will have students apply various traditions in second language educational research to an area of their professional/academic interest. It will be structured around three broad stands of second language education research, including literature, document-based, and practitioner-based approaches. Students will conduct a minor research project, and explore issues in the design of a research project, data collection/analysis, and reporting findings, through collaborative workshops.
Intended learning outcomes
On completion of this subject, students will:
- Design a small research project in second language education;
- Conduct a small research project in second language education involving data collection/analysis;
- Report findings on a small research in second language education;
- Critically appraise and give feedback on small scale research in second language education.
Generic skills
On completion of this subject, students will:
- Understand a range of research practices more fully;
- Understand the dependence of research results on the methodology and analytical framework employed.
- Develop skills for reporting research findings.
Last updated: 10 February 2024
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
None
Corequisites
Code | Name | Teaching period | Credit Points |
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EDUC90745 | Research Methodology in L2 Education |
March (On Campus - Parkville)
July (On Campus - Parkville)
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12.5 |
Non-allowed subjects
None
Recommended background knowledge
Second language teaching experience highly recommended
Inherent requirements (core participation requirements)
The University of Melbourne is committed to providing students with reasonable adjustments to assessment and participation under the Disability Standards for Education (2005), and the Assessment and Results Policy (MPF1326). Students are expected to meet the core participation requirements for their course. These can be viewed under Entry and Participation Requirements for the course outlines in the Handbook.
Further details on how to seek academic adjustments can be found on the Student Equity and Disability Support website: http://services.unimelb.edu.au/student-equity/home
Last updated: 10 February 2024
Assessment
Additional details
- Essay-based proposal – 2000 words, due early semester, 40 %
- Essay-based report of findings - 3000 words - due end of semester, 60%
This subject has a minimum hurdle requirement of 80% attendance at all tutorials, seminars and workshops.
Last updated: 10 February 2024
Dates & times
- March
Principal coordinator Yvette Slaughter Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 24 hours of research seminars Total time commitment 170 hours Pre teaching start date 20 March 2017 Teaching period 25 March 2017 to 27 May 2017 Last self-enrol date 21 March 2017 Census date 7 April 2017 Last date to withdraw without fail 12 May 2017 Assessment period ends 9 June 2017 March contact information
- August
Principal coordinator Yvette Slaughter Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 24 hours of research seminars Total time commitment 170 hours Pre teaching start date 14 August 2017 Teaching period 19 August 2017 to 21 October 2017 Last self-enrol date 15 August 2017 Census date 1 September 2017 Last date to withdraw without fail 6 October 2017 Assessment period ends 3 November 2017 August contact information
Time commitment details
170 hours
Additional delivery details
This subject has a pre-teaching period:
During the pre-teaching period, students will be required to complete reading that will be provided via LMS.
Last updated: 10 February 2024
Further information
- Texts
Prescribed texts
Lambert, M. (2012). A Beginner's Guide to Doing Your Education Research Project. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
- Related Handbook entries
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Last updated: 10 February 2024