20.1740, Confs: Applied Linguistics/Belgium

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LINGUIST List: Vol-20-1740. Wed May 06 2009. ISSN: 1068 - 4875.

Subject: 20.1740, Confs: Applied Linguistics/Belgium

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Date: 06-May-2009
From: Ann Aerts < ann.aerts at ua.ac.be >
Subject: Summer School on Research Methods in Language Learning
 

	
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Date: Wed, 06 May 2009 11:34:21
From: Ann Aerts [ann.aerts at ua.ac.be]
Subject: Summer School on Research Methods in Language Learning

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Summer School on Research Methods in Language Learning 

Date: 16-Aug-2009 - 20-Aug-2009 
Location: Antwerp, Belgium 
Contact: Ann Aerts 
Contact Email: ann.aerts at ua.ac.be 
Meeting URL: http://summerschool.linguapolis.be 

Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics 

Meeting Description: 

LINGUAPOLIS is proud to announce its first Summer School on qualitative and 
quantitative research methods in language learning and teaching: 

A Toolbox for Design-Based Research
University of Antwerp, 16 to 20 August 2009.

Lecturers are Sven De Maeyer, PhD, and Vincent Donche, PhD (Institute for 
Education and Information Sciences, University of Antwerp).

The course will focus on methodological considerations in designing and 
conducting empirical research. We will highlight the practical issues involved 
in the use of qualitative and quantitative research methods. Insight will be 
given into the most commonly used data-collection techniques such as surveys, 
interviews, and observation. Further we will analyse how to generate more data-
driven conclusions.

The target group are researchers in language learning and teaching who need to 
investigate user data or results of specific design practices and experiments 
in a more evidence-based manner.

The number of participants is limited to 25. Timely registration (or reservation) is therefore necessary.

Check http://summerschool.linguapolis.be for more information and registration 
or contact ann.aerts at ua.ac.be   

Kind regards,

Jozef Colpaert, director
Ann Aerts, event manager 

Course Outline

1. Introduction: What is design-based research? When is it appropriate?
 
2. Research Designs: Which research design can be chosen? When and why? 

Quantitative: 
- various experiment designs and their respected pros and cons

Qualitative:
- various designs and techniques 

3. Measurement: Collecting more reliable and valid evidence 

Quantitative:
- Direct and indirect measurement
- Variables and measurement levels
- The basics of scale development, with a focus on dimensionality, reliability, 
and validity (SPSS: short introduction on factor analysis)
 
Qualitative:
- Open survey/logbooks
- Thinking up protocols out loud 
- Observation and stimulated recall
- Interview
- Triangulation 

4. Analysing: Generating more data-driven conclusions 

Quantitative:
- Parameters of central density and variability (arithmetic mean, variance, and 
standard deviation)
- Sampling theory
- T-test
- Analysis of variance
- Correlation
- Analysis of covariance 

Qualitative:
- Content analysis
- Coding (inductive/deductive)
- Quantification
- Comparative analysis





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