Research Methodology
| dc.contributor.author | AMMOUR Kamila | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-01-19T08:42:34Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2026-01-19T08:42:34Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2024 | |
| dc.description | 30cm.; +(CD-Rom) | |
| dc.description.abstract | The course “Research Methodology in Social Sciences” is a foundational component of the Master One programme in Foreign Language Didactics at Mouloud Mammeri University. It is designed to develop students’ ability to conceptualise, design, conduct, and report empirical research in applied language studies and the wider social sciences. The course equips future researchers with both theoretical and procedural knowledge required to engage in rigorous and ethically sound academic inquiry. The course begins by introducing students to the nature and purposes of scientific research, with a particular focus on its role in educational and applied linguistics contexts. Students are guided through the philosophical underpinnings of research, notably positivism and interpretivism, enabling them to understand how epistemological assumptions shape research design, data collection, and interpretation. This theoretical grounding prepares learners to differentiate between quantitative, qualitative, and mixed-methods approaches, and to select the most appropriate methodological framework in relation to their research questions. A central emphasis of the course is placed on research design and planning. Students learn how to formulate research problems, define variables, develop research questions and hypotheses, and choose suitable designs such as case studies, surveys, experimental research, and interpretive studies. These skills are essential for conducting systematic investigations in foreign language education and social sciences more broadly (Cohen, Manion & Morrison, 2005;Dörnyei, 2007). The course also develops students’ competence in data collection and analysis. Learners are trained to use key instruments including questionnaires, interviews, classroom observations, and document analysis, and to analyse data through both qualitative techniques (e.g., content analysis, discourse analysis, conversation analysis) and quantitative procedures (e.g., descriptive and inferential statistics, SPSS). This dual focus ensures that students can handle diverse types of data and produce valid and reliable findings (Brown & Rodgers, 2002; Kumar, 2011). Finally, strong attention is given to sampling procedures and ethical issues, highlighting the responsibility of researchers to protect participants, ensure transparency, and maintain academic integrity. The course culminates in the design of a full research proposal, enabling students to integrate all components of the research process into a coherent and credible academic project. By the end of the course, students are not only equipped with methodological tools but are also able to think and act as novice researchers within the field of foreign language didactics and applied linguistics. | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Foreign Language Didactics | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://dspace.ummto.dz/handle/ummto/29564 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.publisher | Université Mouloud Mammeri Tizi-Ouzou | |
| dc.subject | Scientific research | |
| dc.subject | Research design | |
| dc.subject | Quantitative methods | |
| dc.subject | Qualitative methods | |
| dc.subject | Mixed-methods research | |
| dc.subject | Data-collection instruments | |
| dc.subject | Data analysis | |
| dc.title | Research Methodology | |
| dc.type | Other |