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Research in Language and Literature: December 2011
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Research in Language and Literature. Monday, December 12, 2011. Questions about the exam reminder for due dates. The final research essay your complete portfolio will be due by the end of class on Thursday. The final exam is due by the end of class on Monday, December 19. Questions regarding the exam:. Question: please explain the bolded section of the question:. Which approach is the closest match for the approach you took in your DA essay? Why or why not? 1212 Exam feedback on essay. On Thursday we wil...
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Research in Language and Literature: October 2011
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Research in Language and Literature. Monday, October 31, 2011. Britt and Subrina gave their presentation on Livingstone (thank you). They set up important discussions about how to organize an essay, the ethics of ethnographic research; methodologies and methods and how to DO ethnographic research. We talked about what she needed to "do" to conduct ethnography. You should have a good list in your notes! You need to document: setting, characters (people), actions/interactions = in descriptive language ( no...
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Research in Language and Literature: September 2012
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Research in Language and Literature. Wednesday, September 19, 2012. Shaggy dog stories II. A string walked into a bar, hopped on the barstool, and said, "Bartender, gimme a beer." The bartender said, "I'm sorry, sir, we don't serve strings here.". Disappointed, the string hopped down from the stool and went to the next bar. He hopped on the barstool and said, again, "Bartender, gimme a beer." The bartender said, "I'm sorry sir, we don't serve strings here.". A man went to his dentist because he felt some...
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Research in Language and Literature: March 2012
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Research in Language and Literature. Thursday, March 15, 2012. Tonight I handed out signed permission forms so you can get started on data collection - and we talked through how to ask research participants if they are interested in your study; how to introduce the permission forms, and how to set up initial interviews (including signing keeping copies of permission forms). After the study is complete you need to pass out debriefing forms. 1 what your analysis shows = focus for your essay. I hope to look...
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Research in Language and Literature: January 2012
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Research in Language and Literature. Thursday, January 26, 2012. 126: Introduction to course. We had an informal discussion about what made research different from other kinds of exploration after some conversation we had a list that identified research as:. Having a purpose (hypothesis or a focus) = some outcome in mind. Gathering/recording data in systematic ways. Subjecting the data to some kind of analysis or interpretation that leads to. Conclusions or generalizations relevant to the purpose. In cla...
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Research in Language and Literature: Workshop
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Research in Language and Literature. Thursday, April 26, 2012. 1 State the essay's research question. 2 Sum up relevant background, including other research, related to your project. 3 Identify the relevance/importance of the essay's focus to English Studies (identify the problem that the paper studies). 5 Explain the analysis of data and how it sets up the findings = count the specific examples (particular references to transcripts, observations, textual analysis etc). Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).
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Research in Language and Literature: June 2011
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Research in Language and Literature. Tuesday, June 21, 2011. Welcome to the course blog for ENG 3029. I will use posts to the course blog to review what was covered in class, update the course calendar, reply to any questions/concerns that might be of interest to the class as a whole, and otherwise help us stay in touch during our exploration of research practices for English studies. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). 1 3029 research project. 2 Research Methods Presentation List. 4 DA Assignment Sheet. Welcome...
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Research in Language and Literature: 5.10 Presentation outline
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Research in Language and Literature. Thursday, May 10, 2012. 1 What you studied why you studied it (why you chose your topic). 2 background - what other research has been done on your topic; what other researchers have found, hoe they studied your subject. What was your purpose (why is this important? Assumptions about truth v Truth. What were your assumptions about how to find information? 4what were your methods = detailed description of whta you did. 6 what your findings mean. 1 3029 research project.
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Research in Language and Literature: Quantitative Experiment
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Research in Language and Literature. Thursday, April 26, 2012. There was a snake called Nate. His purpose in life was to stay in the desert and guard the lever. Theis lever was no ordinary lever. It was the lever that if moved would destroy the world. Nate took his job very seriously. He let nothing get close to the lever. A giant panda escaped from the zoo in New York. Eventually, he found his way downtown and walked into a restaurant, where he found a seat at an emptey table. The maitre d', bei...That'...
