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1、外语教学研究方法的思考 AfterthesummercourseofResearchMethodologyforLinguisticResearch，Ibegantohavesomeknowledgeoftheaspect.Thecourseansweredthefollowingquestions:Whatisresearch？Whatisresearchfor?SoIknowsomethingaboutresearchandthepurposeofresearchfromit.Therearetwokindsofres
2、earch.Oneisquantitativeresearch,theotherisqualitativeresearch.Therearetheirrespectiveadvantagesanddisadvantages.Thenaquestionemerged.Howdowenormallystartaresearch?Attheverybeginning,wearesupposedtochooseatopic.Forexample,ifIneedtodoaresearchaboutlanguageteachingand
3、learning,whattopicIchooseneedtobeinthedomainoflanguageteachingandlearning.ThetopicmaybewhatIamcuriousaboutorinterestedinrecently.ItmaybeaquestionbotheringmealotandIurgetomakeitclear.Forinstance,thereisaproblemabouthowtoimprovethestudents’writingability.Iwillchoosea
4、topiclikethisaswhatIresearchfor.Inaword,weneedtofindoutafocustoresearch.Orwewillendupinacompletefailure.ThesecondstepistoreviewtheLiterature.Todosoistohelptheresearcherbecomefamiliarwiththeworkthathasalreadybeendone.Atthispoint,wehavetosearchformuchinformation,andw
5、eneedtoreadmanyjournalsandbooks,5surfontheInternettoseeifanybodyhasdonethesameresearch.Ifsomeonedoes,thenisthereanynecessityforustoresearchmuchdeeper?Iftheanswerisyes,wecancontinue.Thenextstepisformulatingaquestiontoexplore.Makesurethequestionisclearenough.Thenitis
6、timetoarticulatehypotheses.Samplingisessentialtoaresearch.Aboutthesizeofsampling,somefamouspeopleproposedtheirdifferentviews.PerhapsIwillstudy60peopleinmystudy,becausethereisjustthesamenumberofstudentsinmyclass.Itisconvenientandappropriate.Whatisthemethodofcollecti
7、ngthestatistics?Thefollowingaresomeofthem:Questionnaire,TestMethod,Interviewmethod,andObservationmethod.Whenweaskquestions,weshouldavoidmentioningthetruenames.Itwillmaketheanswermoreauthentic.Therearestillotherthingsweshouldbecarefulaboutit.Inmyopinion,whatwecollec
8、tshouldbeastrueaspossible,oritwillleadtoafalseconclusion.Ifthedataisnottrueenough,cantheresearchresultbeauthenticandcredible? Actually,suchashor
