University of Iloilo-PHINMA EDUCATION NETWORK

Syllabus

PEN Code: Language Research Credit: 3 UNITS

PEN Subject Title: ENG 020 Prerequisite:

A. Subject Description:
This course is designed to provide students a conceptual foundation and functional skills in research so that they
will be able to apply concepts, principles, methods, techniques and tools of research in preparing a language
research proposal, evaluating research reports and in undertaking a research project.

B. Objectives:
At the end of the course, the students are expected to
1. formulate a language research problem that is significant and clearly stated, and that has a theoretical
rationale;
2. present a review of the literature and related studies that are relevant to the problem;
3. formulate a conceptual framework used in the proposed study;
4. present a research design for the proposed language research;
5. explain the intended procedures for gathering, organizing, interpreting and analyzing data;
6. formulate a valid data gathering instrument pertinent to the problem being studied;
7. present a language research proposal for critiquing and evaluation; and
8. apply standards and criteria for reading and writing research reports.

C. Subject Outline and Time Allotment

Time
Chapter Topics
Allotment
1 THE NATURE AND PROCESS OF RESEARCH 2 weeks
- Definition of Research
- Research Typology Typical Components of a Research Paper
- Standards of a Good Research
2 THE VALUE OF RELATED LITERATURE 2 weeks
- Characteristics and Sources of Research Problem
- The importance of the literature review
3 PROBLEM FORMULATION 2 weeks
- The research problem
- The research objectives
- The research hypothesis
- Assumptions and Principles
- Significance of the problem
FIRST PERIODIC EXAM
4 RESEARCH DESIGNS 4 weeks
- Features of Research Designs
- Descriptive Designs
- Simple Descriptive
- Comparative Descriptive
- Correlational
- Experimental Designs
- True-experimental
- Quasi-experimental
5 DATA ANALYSIS 2 weeks
- Teaching Types of Data
- Data collection strategies
- Evaluation Tests
- Survey Questionnaires, interview protocols, observation forms
- Issues of ethics
- Validity and reliability
SECOND PERIODIC EXAM
6 FINALIZING THE RESEARCH MANUSCRIPT 3 weeks
 FINAL EXAM

C. Textbooks

D. Course Requirements
Requirements Due Date
Research Proposal
Bound Research

E. Grading System

F. Contact Information
Professor: JESSIE L. LABISTE JR
Consultation Hours: Fridays 8:00-12:00 am, College of Arts and Sciences
Email Address: jllabiste@ui.phinma.edu.ph

Approved by:

Date:
Dean, College of Education