Download (and language) research design

Classroom (and language)
research design
Professor Sabine Mendes Moura, Dn.
Issues in Research Methodology II
PUC-Rio
Language(-based) research
• Language as a concept (Linguistics);
• Language as a system/structure (Linguistics);
• Language as a means of solving real world
problems or understanding social practices
(Applied Linguistics);
Problems with the word ‘language’...
• Language needs language to be studied;
• Language can be understood as a meaningmaking system or a communicative system,
but...
• It can also be understood as non-divided
(divisible) from meaning, communication, etc.
Problems with the word language led
to...
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Discourse,
Interaction,
Performance,
Genre,
Trending topics - AILA
Association Internationale de Linguistique Appliquée
Applied Linguistics is an interdisciplinary field of research and practice dealing with practical
problems of language and communication that can be identified, analysed or solved by
applying available theories, methods and results of Linguistics or by developing new
theoretical and methodological frameworks in Linguistics to work on these problems. Applied
Linguistics differs from Linguistics in general mainly with respect to its explicit orientation
towards practical, everyday problems related to language and communication.
The problems Applied Linguistics deals with range from aspects
of the linguistic
and communicative competence of the individual such as first
or second language acquisition, literacy, language disorders,
etc. to language and communication related problems in and
between societies such as e.g. language variation and
linguistic discrimination, multilingualism, language conflict,
language policy and language planning.
Educational research
• (Cobb, Confrey, Di Sessa, Lehrer and Schauble) –
design experiments and the metaphor of an
ecology.
• Intermediate theoretical scope (diSessa, 1991 –
glocal).
• purpose + rationale + context
• variety of data sources
• challenge: retrospective analysis and working
systematically and extensively at the same time.
Classroom(-based/centred) research
• The classroom is the crucible (the classroom
as a co-produced interactional event) vs. a
focus on inputs from the classroom (the
syllabus, the teaching material) and outputs
from the classroom (test scores) – ALLWRIGHT
and BAILEY, 2004
Translation Studies (Lörscher, 1993)
• SL (source language) – TL (target language)
Translation
as a product
Translation
as a
competence
Translation
as a process
Translation Studies (Lörscher, 1993)
Translation Studies (Lörscher, 1993)
• Natural translation
• Bilingualism is considered necessary, but not
sufficient when it comes to developing
translating abilities.
• The study of translation strategies
Translation studies development
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Sociolinguistic approach – Political approach
The translator’s invisibility (Venuti)
Theory of Meaning (Semantics)
The “literary mind” – “metaphoric mind”
The “computacional mind”
Literature and Translation (Style)
Playing with a study case...
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yBxgtYfD
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• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zulEMWj
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Defining basic beliefs...
• What do we think about...
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Language;
Education;
The classroom or other professional practices;
Research – objectives, contributions, etc.