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TASK 1
Research question/s Research design Type of data Data collection Data analysis
method/s

To what extent, the Cross-sectional study. Quantitative & Questionnaire & Descriptive quantitative
Access to the internet and parent’s socio- Collect data from qualitative interview. data first, qualitative
digital tools have become
very important for economic status affect parents and also data obtained from
language learning. the Chinese high children. open questions.
However, not all students school students’ access
have the same access to to online language Mixed-methods:
digital tools and the learning in Shanghai? Questionnaire &
internet. While reading (1) What are the interview.
about online language
differences in
learning over the past
several years, you have high school
realised that there is no students’
information about access to online
differences in student learning in
access to online learning in Shanghai?
your region. On the other (2) What is the
hand, you know that there
are some rather poor
relationship
communities in your between
region. So, you want to parents’ socio-
investigate whether there economic status
is a link between parents’ and their
socio-economic status and children’s
children’s access to online access to online
language learning.
language
learning?
TASK 2
Research question/s Research design Type of data Data collection Data analysis
method/s

To what extent do Experimental research Quantitative (the test Test 1: Vocabulary Descriptive statistics
One of the advantages of Chinese students (pre-test, post-test) score) knowledge scale - to (compare the results of
studying for a degree in an
English speaking country is improve their show the participants’ pre- and post-tests
the fact that during the vocabulary scale and vocabulary knowledge
time of your study you oral fluency
have more opportunities while studying the Test 2: Speaking test -
to communicate in your L2. Master’s degree in to show the oral fluency
You would like to find out University of York? (count the times of
how much international
pausing and invite
students’ language ability
improves during the time professional markers to
of their study. You are give the scores for
particularly interested in fluency
vocabulary development
and fluency development.
TASK 3
Research question/s Research design Type of data Data collection Data analysis
method/s

What are primary Mixed methods quantitative questionnaire/ Themantic analysis

You are interested in school childrens‘ interviews
exploring primary school
children’s experiences in perceptions ’ in year
early start of foreign 1 of English learning
language learning in experience as L2 ？
school. While reading on
this topic, you have
realised that this issue
hadn’t been explored
sufficiently, and there is no
information about
children’s own stories
related to their early start
of L2 learning in school.
TASK 4
Research question/s Research design Type of data Data collection Data analysis
method/s

To what extent the Descriptive research Quantitative Data Questionnaire (test) to Descriptive statistics
Research shows that transcriptions can help check students (frequency &
learning via video has
positive effect on L2 teenagers in high- understanding about a percentages)
learners’ language school to comprehend movie.
learning. However, this is movies in English ? Also a post test
an area of research where questionnaire to
more work still needs to be explore their perception
done. You are particularly towards close captions
interested in the learning
in a movie (to support
of 16-17 years old
teenagers and their ability some of the
to understand movies they quantitative data and to
watch during their English open a gap to develop
lessons in school. You further research)
would like to know
whether the use of
captions (transcription of
speech) on the screen
helps learners to
comprehend better,
because research findings
related to this issue are
inconclusive.
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Research question/s Research design Type of data Data collection Data analysis
method/s

How do pair interaction Collect data from three Quantitative and Use the observation Descriptive statistics.
Research shows that pair help high school different classes, use qualitative data. schedule to observe Thematic analysis
interaction in the students improve their non participant the pair interaction
classroom is beneficial for English language observation method to activity in an English
language learning, and you ability? observe three different class and to observe
are interested in English classes. whether all students
investigating how, in fact, Use questionnaires to engage in the pair
students learning English collect quantitative interaction
as L2 interact in their data. Use the questionnaire
language classes. You are to collect some
interested to see whether quantitative data about
there are any particular their attitude to pair
patterns of interaction in interaction.
There are some open
L2 students’ language
questions in the
classes.
questionnaire.