1. COLLEGE OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES-VNU
POST-GRADUATE STUDIES
RESEARCH METHODS IN APPLIED LINGUISTICS
Questions for Tutorial 1
1. What is research? What is a research carried out for? Find a research
report in an applied linguistics journal (such as TESOL Quarterly,
Language Learning) and point out the objectives and how these
objectives are achieved.
2. Present briefly different views of the nature of social sciences and
social reality. Give some examples from real research studies in
applied linguistics.
3. Present briefly a model of research process in applied linguistics with
illustrations from real research reports from applied linguistics
journals.
4. Explain briefly some of the following terms with illustrations from
applied linguistics research:
Deductivism Inductivism Social realty
Reliability Systematic
Validity Logical
Construct Tangible
Variable Replicable
Longitudinal Reductive
Qualitative Quantitative
Quantifiable Psychometric
Primary data Secondary data