{"id":138,"date":"2015-10-29T05:32:04","date_gmt":"2015-10-29T05:32:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jameslab.edublogs.org\/?p=138"},"modified":"2015-10-29T05:32:04","modified_gmt":"2015-10-29T05:32:04","slug":"advanced-research-seminar-october-29-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/logos.edu.iwate-u.ac.jp\/jhoffice\/advanced-research-seminar-october-29-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"Advanced Research Seminar (October 29, 2015)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Goal: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Propose tentative research plans to think of a direction for our graduate research.<\/li>\n<li>Learn some useful techniques for keeping records of books and papers you have read.<\/li>\n<li>Review the differences between qualitative and quantitative research.<\/li>\n<li>Practice analysis of learner interaction.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Ayano and Ted Reports<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><b>Ayano:\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><strong>Area of interest:\u00a0<\/strong>How to teach environmental issues to students in English<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Paper 1:\u00a0<\/strong>Treatment of ecological issues in EFL course books (Asia: China?, Indonesia?)<\/li>\n<li><strong>RQ:\u00a0<\/strong>What kind of environmental issues appear in Asian EFL textbooks?<\/li>\n<li><b>Background:\u00a0<\/b>Unesco gives environmental learning materials to developing countries<\/li>\n<li><strong>Method: H<\/strong>ow they answer the question<\/li>\n<li><strong>How is this paper related to Ayano&#8217;s research:\u00a0<\/strong>An example of how to research environment issues in EFL in a country.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Paper 2:\u00a0<\/strong>Effective and practical critical thinking enhanced EFL instruction<\/li>\n<li><strong>Background:\u00a0<\/strong>Previous literature shows the effect of presentation and writing instruction on students&#8217; English ability but there is nothing about the effect of critical thinking instruction on students&#8217; world views.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Reason for choosing this paper:\u00a0<\/strong>Many super science high schools might have an element of critical thinking in their English programs. CT is necessary for reviewing different solutions to a problem.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Teddy:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Area of interest:\u00a0<\/strong>testing<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Paper:<\/strong> Backwash effect, from testing to teaching (ELT Journal)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Previous research:\u00a0<\/strong>The effect of positive and negative backwash (wash back) is under researched.<\/li>\n<li><strong>RQ:\u00a0<\/strong>What is the effect of testing on teaching?<\/li>\n<li><strong>Method:<\/strong> (How to collect data, type of data, how to\u00a0analyse)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Quantitative vs. qualitative research<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Quantitative research<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Numbers, numeric measurement of some sort<\/li>\n<li><strong>Purpose 1:\u00a0<\/strong>Description, explaining the &#8216;state of things&#8217;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Purpose 2:\u00a0<\/strong>Relational, how two or more variables are related<\/li>\n<li><strong>Purpose 3:\u00a0<\/strong>Causation\n<ul>\n<li>Experimental, quasi experimental<\/li>\n<li>How various factors influence learning over time<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Qualitative<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Words, verbal description of something<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;How does something get done?&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>For education, we can observe, ask, or use trial and error to determine how something gets done.<\/li>\n<li><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Useful Links<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/routledgetextbooks.com\/textbooks\/_author\/ross-9780415551410\/\">Research Methods for Applied Linguistics Companion Website<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mendeley.com\/\">Mendeley download page<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Next Week<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1. 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