Course for international guest/part time students
- Faculty
- Faculty of Humanities
- Organization
- BTK Department of English Language Pedagogy
- Code
- BMI-ANGD-CK11E.02
- Title
- Research Methods in Culture and Language Analysis: Researching Intercultural Communication
- Usual semester
- Spring
- ECTS
- 5
- Language
- Description
- te_kód: BMI-ANGD-CK11E kurzuskód: BMI-ANGD-CK11E.01
- Learning outcomes
- The objective of this course is (1) to review basic research methods used in cultural studies and applied linguistics research and (2) to get acquainted with the basic requirements of and practical issues concerning writing a research paper. Discussions of the topics and related readings will form the backbone of the course, and students will be presenting their own work, too.
- Course content
- In the first part of the course we will be reading up on research processes, with readings accompanied by worksheets. We will then proceed to reading research articles, the discussion of which will be moderated by the participants. Students will also be responsible for doing presentations on research methods and their own research proposal.
- Assessment method
- - regular attendance and participation - thorough preparation for classes, all texts have to be read and assignments have to be completed Assessment is based on the above.
- Bibliography
- Baym, G. (2012). Critical interpretive methods: Social meanings and media texts. In: Andersen, J.A. (2012). Media research methods. Thousand Oaks: Sage. Chapter 14. pp. 323-350. Blaikie, N. (2010). Designing social research – The logic of anticipation. (2nded.) Cambridge: Polity Press. Brown, J.D. (2001). Using Surveys in Language Programs. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Chapter 5. Analysing survey data qualitatively. pp.212-252. Cumming, A. (1994). Alternatives in TESOL research: Descriptive, interpretive, and ideological orientations. Tesol Quarterly, 28, pp. 673-703. Seale, C. (2012). (Ed.). Researching society and culture. Thousand Oaks: Sage. Chapter 30. pp. 528-543. Stokes, J. (2003). How to do media and cultural studies. Thousand Oaks: Sage. Chapter 3. Analysing media and cultural texts. pp. 51-97. Tankó, Gy. (2011). Professional writing – The academic context. Budapest: Eötvös University Press. Chapter 8. pp. 97-110. And a selection of research articles