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MA Research Methods 1: Research Skills for English
1. Research & Study Methods for English
Session 1:
Research Skills for English
2. Outline
The Module
What are the aims of
this module?
What will you learn?
Building good habits
Establishing a
theoretical framework
3. Warm up What does it mean to
“research” literature?
4. “The outcome of any serious research can only be to
make two questions grow where one question grew
before.”
Thorstein Veblen 1857-1929: University of California Chronicle (1908)
research The systematic search for answers to certain
questions, often using empirical evidence but also using logical
arguments and reflection on social understandings. The search
may aim at discovering facts, putting forward theories, increasing
understanding, and/or changing practice.
M.G. "research" A Dictionary of Education. Ed. Susan Wallace. Oxford University Press, 2009.
research The systematic investigation into and study of materials
and sources in order to establish facts and reach new conclusions.
"research noun" The Oxford Dictionary of English (revised edition). Ed. Catherine Soanes and Angus Stevenson. Oxford University Press, 2005.