TESOL688

Research and Statistics for TESOL
TESOL 688

About the Course

The purposes of this course are:

to help you become familiar with the types of research that are done in TESOL
to help you develop an appreciation of the relationships between TESOL practice and research
to help you understand the statistical terms and concepts used in TESOL research
to give you some experience with statistical tools
to prepare you to design and conduct your own research projects

Textbooks

Required	Recommended
Hubbard, R.S. and Power, B.M. *The Art of Classroom Inquiry* (Revised Edition) Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann. 2003. ISBN 0-325-00543-5	Edge, J. (Editor) *Action Research* Case Studies in TESOL Practice Series (Jill Burton, Series Editor) Alexandria, VA: Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages, Inc. 2001. ISBN 0-939791-92-7
Salkind, N.J. *Statistics for People Who (Think They) Hate Statistics* (Second Edition) Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications. 2004. ISBN 0-7619-2776-X	Seliger, H.W. and Shohamy, E. *Second Language Research Methods* Oxford: Oxford University Press. 1989. ISBN 0-19-437067-4

Course Requirements


Forums	15%
Project 1	35%
Project 2	20%
Final Exam	30%

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Schedule RESEARCH AND STATISTICS FOR TESOL TESOL 688
Assignments should be done in the order shown on the schedule.
Class	Topics	Read	Do
1	Introduction to the Course Understanding Research and Statistics	Packet 1	To be assigned
2	Classroom Research	Hubbard & Power Packet 2	To be assigned
3	Classroom Research	Hubbard & Power Packet 2	Project 1
4	Formal Research	Packet 3	To be assigned
5	Formal Research	Packet 3
6	Statistics	Salkind	To be assigned
7
8			Project 2
9	Language Test Statistics	Packet 4	To be assigned
10	Evaluating TESOL Research	Packet 5	To be assigned
11
12
	FINAL EXAM