Methodology of Research 1.S3.EPC.40
Course objectives:
- familiarising with research orientations
- familiarising with types of research methodologies
- familiarising with types of research analysis
- familiarising with research procedures
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Course content:
1.The main research orientations within the subject field: culturalism, postmodernism, cognitivism
2.Theoretical models and research paradigms: quantitative, qualitative, normative and critical
3.Methodologies and analytic categories: from hypothesis to design of the study: content analysis, narrative analysis, thematic analysis, semiotic analysis, discourse analysis, genre analysis, rhetorical analysis, ideological approaches, typological approaches.
4.Research procedures: data sampling, analytical tools, methods of presentation and discussion.
5.The scope and results of research: conclusions.
6.The issues to be explored, limitations, criticism.
7.Implications for further scholarship.
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Methods of instruction/ forms of classroom activity:
multimedia presentations, discussion, reading tasks, writing tasks, individual wrok, pairwork, ICT tools/MSTeams/Moodle
Field of study
Student workload
Study level
Education profile
Type of course
proseminars
The semester in which the subject is carried out
Mode
Course coordinators
Learning outcomes
Learning outcomes acc to PRK 2019
Knowledge: Students:
1. have detailed knowledge about the research methods in communication studies and neighbouring disciplines (k_W04/P6S_WG)
2. have detailed knowledge about the typical research subjects/objects as well as the methodological specificity of quantitative and qualitatvie approaches (k_W01/P6S_WG)
3. have a systematic detailed knowledge of current research in institutional uses of language, (socio)linguistics, discourse analysis as well as other related disciplines (k_W09/P6S_WK)
Skills
Students can
4. recognize differetnt types of textualities and perform their systematic analysis to assess their relevance and impact (k_U02/P6S_UW)
5. apply the terminology, theoretical frameworks, research paradigms and methodological approaches of linguistic and communication studies (k_U01/P6S_UW)
Social competences
Students
6. recognize priorities and objectives in self-study, (individual and group) assignments and research (k_K01/P6S_KK)
7. comply with the rules of professional ethics, e.g., source documentation (k_K05/P6S_KR)
Assessment criteria
Forms of evaluation of learning outcomes:
1. Active participation in classroom activities and discussions - 30% of the final grade (outcome 2,6)
2. Reporting on materials read out of class - 30% of the final grade (outcome 1,3,4,5)
3. Submitting a research proposal based on a careful analysis of subject area/object of research, appropriate theoretical framework, appropriate research question(s) and appropriate methodology matching the research question(s) - 40% of the final grade (outcome 1,4,5,7)
Criteria of evaluation:
60% = 3
70% = 4
100% = 5
Bibliography
Reading list:
Litosseliti, Lia, ed. 2010. Research Methods in Linguistics. London: Continuum.
Wodak, Ruth and Michael Meyer. 2009. Methods of Critical Discourse Studies. London:Sage
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