LESSON 15

TFM

THE DEATH OF THE METHODS

1. They assumed too much about a context before the context was identified.
2. In the first days, students witness a unique set of experiences, but within a matter of weeks, classrooms look like any other learner-centered curriculum.
3. They cannot be tested empirically to determine which one is “best”.
4. They formed part of the mercenary agenda of their proponents (they formed in the UK and the USA and rolled out in vastly different cultural environments).

 

- Depend on the class and the school, we have to apply our own approach, You have to offer an approach and write a TFM.

 

WHAT IS RESEARCH?

HOW DOES RESEARCH CONTRIBUTE TO OUR JOB?

1. Research produces evidence, that can be used to create practical principles for teaching.

 2. It may provide new insights / information that hadn’t occurred to us.

 3. It may contradict comfortable, but inaccurate assumptions.

 4. It may confirm our own intuitions.

 5. It is our contribution to learning.

 

 

TYPES OF RESEARCH

 

Research into language.

Research into language learning.

Research into achievement.

TASK 1: ASK A RESEARCH QUESTION (MY TOPIC)

-What do you feel curious about as a language learner/teacher? Think of a question which has always worried you and generate a statement. Next, tell your partners about it and decide whether it may be a topic for a research project.

 

-Once we have found it we are in AHA MOMENTS.

THE STRUCTURE OF A RESEARCH PROJECT

1. Title 

2. Abstract

3. Introduction

4. Review of literature

5. Statement of purpose

6. Methodology

6.1. Subjects

6.2. Materials: interviews, tests, diaries...

6.3. Research Procedure

6.4. Data analysis

7. Discussion

8. Conclusion

9. References

10. Appendices