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EDUC50200

Academic Year 2024/2025

Experimental designs and psycholinguistic research methods (EDUC50200)

Subject:
Education
College:
Social Sciences & Law
School:
Education
Level:
5 (Doctoral)
Credits:
10
Module Coordinator:
Professor Alessandro Benati
Trimester:
Spring
Mode of Delivery:
On Campus
Internship Module:
No
How will I be graded?
Letter grades

Curricular information is subject to change.

This module examines both methodological and theoretical issues around experimental designs and psycholinguistic second language acquisition research methods. Students will be introduced to the various stages of the research process from the development and justification of research questions and the formulation of an appropriate experimental research design, including methods of data-gathering and data analysis, to the final stage of writing up. Students will develop practical skills for using online and psycholinguistic methods in second language research and analyze data.

About this Module

Learning Outcomes:


At the end of this course, you should be able to do the following:

- Identify and describe the major elements in conducting experimental research, including typical methods for data collection and analysis, and strengths and limitations.
- Design and evaluate research instruments commonly used by psycholinguistic research.
- Demonstrate a critical awareness and capacity to evaluate specific research methods of data collection and quantitative analysis used in bilingual and multilingual educational settings.
- Prepare a research plan to investigate a topic in bilingual education research.
- Demonstrate the ability to plan and prepare a research proposal outlining a specific research project to be undertaken in bilingual education research.

Indicative Module Content:



1-2Introduction to research methods
Introduces some key concepts and components of research including the need for a plan, reliability, validity and methodological triangulation
3-4Experimental designs
A detailed look at quantitative experimental designs in nature
5-6 Data collection procedures in psycholinguistic research
Introduces types of offline and online tests. Introduces common approaches and tools for collecting and processing quantitative data.
7-8 Data collection analysis in psycholinguistic
Introduces common approaches and tools for analyzing and processing quantitative data.
9-10 How to develop and write an experimental and psycholinguistic study.
Discusses how to pull everything together in project and final dissertation. Discusses issues related to subjects’ rights and obtaining informed consent.

Student Effort Hours:
Student Effort Type Hours
Lectures

24
Autonomous Student Learning

180
Total

204

Approaches to Teaching and Learning:
The module is based on 10 sessions of 2 hours duration each. The sessions take the form of lectures (face-to-face and online), seminars, and in-class discussions, during which students need to be actively involved.

Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations

Not applicable to this module.


Module Requisites and Incompatibles
Not applicable to this module.
 

Assessment Strategy  
Description Timing Component Scale Must Pass Component % of Final Grade In Module Component Repeat Offered
Assignment(Including Essay): You will work in alone to prepare a detailed experimental research plan for investigate some specific aspect in psycholinguistic research. The plan should include the following components:
 Week 12 Graded Yes

100

 Yes

Carry forward of passed components
Yes
 

Resit In Terminal Exam
Summer No
Please see Student Jargon Buster for more information about remediation types and timing. 

Feedback Strategy/Strategies

• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment

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