Research Methods for Applied Linguists |

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The Penn State Workshops in Research Methods for Applied Linguists started in 2020 as a means to support researchers in designing, carrying out, and reporting research studies. Not only are research methods at the heart of any piece of research that we do, but the ways in which we design and use our research tools can have important consequences for the nature of a study’s findings and conclusions. In addition to these understandings, open science initiatives are encouraging us to be more transparent in how we plan, conduct, and share our research (e.g., sharing data collection materials, pre-registering analyses before data collection). In order to support researchers in carrying out high-quality applied linguistics research, our aims for these workshops has always been to provide free and accessible training in a variety of research methods used in the field, including considerations for research design, data collection, data analysis, reporting, interpretation, and publishing. Our workshops involve all stages of the research process and are led by international experts. In fall 2023, we are pleased to offer the following workshops:

Participants can choose to attend any number of workshops (e.g., all five, two). All workshops will take place online and are free to attend. We welcome you to learn more about the courses using the tabs at the top of this page. Spaces are limited and are reserved on a first come, first serve basis using the registration form. Links to attend each workshop will be provided as we get closer to the event.

Organizing team

Kevin McManus, Director of the Center for Language Acquisition, Penn State

Jialing Wang, Assistant Director, Center for Language Acquisition, Penn State

Choice

Like last week, we’ve chosen another beautifully crafted video with spectacular images. Filmed by the production company Gnarly Bay, Choice is a visual poem which documents the filmmaker’s thoughts and emotions on a four-week holiday travelling around South Africa and Mozambique. In class, students look at some collocations with the word choice, put them into practice in a speaking activity, and […]

Choice

Webinar: Literature as a tool for learning

(Reposted)

Topic- “Literature as a tool for learning English”
Date: 15.01.2022- (January-15)
Time: 5 PM (PKT)
Note- Please Google with your time zone and confirm it with our Program time.

Platform- YouTube.
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There Is No Registration Fee
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The registration is until January 14, 2022

Certificate: Issued to the registered participants only!

7th LAb session. Friday 3rd December 2021. Agency and learner autonomy 

In our 7th LAb session on December 3rd, we critically reflected on conceptualisations of autonomy and agency to examine the complexity of these terms and how they border, overlap or even exist separately from each other. We explored agency and autonomy from a theoretical perspective and also a practical one. Many thanks to all our […]

7th LAb session. Friday 3rd December 2021. Agency and learner autonomy