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POST-GRADUATE COURSE                                      c)   What      are     the   sources     for     research
 Term End Examination  Dec., 2014 / June, 2015                             questions ? What questions one can ask
     ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING                                              while     reviewing     research      in     Second
 Paper-VIII : Research Methodology and Academic                             Language Acquisition ?                        12 + 6
                    Study Skills
                                                                       d)   In      what     ways   can   the     process      of
Time : Four Hours                            Full Marks : 100
                                                                            contextualization help researchers ?               18
                               ( Weightage of Marks : 80% )
                                                                                           SECTION  B
 Special credit will be given for accuracy and relevance in the
                                                                  2.   Answer any three of the following questions :
 answer. Marks will be deducted for incorrect spelling, untidy
   work and illegible handwriting. The weightage for each                                                             12  3 = 36
          question has been indicated in the margin.
                                                                       a)   What are the advantages of secondary
                          SECTION  A                                       data ? What are the internal and external
1.    Answer any two of the following questions :                           sources of secondary data ?                     6+6
                                                   18  2 = 36         b)   Distinguish between bar chart, stacked bar
                                                                            chart and histogram.                        4+4+4
      a)    "Research may be done alone, but it is
             never   done     in   isolation."   Discuss    the        c)   What are the salient features of Second
             validity of this statement with reference to                   Language Research ?                                12
             research in ELT.                                          d)   Compare the following :
      b)    What     is    plagiarism    ?   What    are    the             (i)     Open-ended         and        close-ended
             consequences of plagiarism ?               3 + 15                      questions
                                   OR                                       (ii)    Theoretical research and Empirical
            What are the different types of research ?                              research
             Why is the relationship between different                      (iii)   Summarizing           and           critically
             types of research bidirectional ?          13 + 5                      commenting.                         4+4+4
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     e)   Write short notes on the following :                          b)   Your topic of research is 'Teachers involved
          i)      A priori knowledge.                                        in classroom teaching research become
          ii)     Synthetic approach                                         better    classroom    teachers'.    Set   up   a
          iii)    Relative frequency                                         research proposal mentioning the following:
          iv)     Data collection methodology in SLR                                                                    47
                                                  3+3+3+3                    (i)     The objective of the research
     f)   Discuss hypothesis-testing research.                12
                                                                             (ii)    The variables of the study
                      SECTION  C                                            (iii)   The approach of the study
3.   a)   Your topic of research is Learners of a
                                                                             (iv)    The hypothesis proposed
          Second      Language        progress    at   different
          rates."    Set     up      a    research     proposal              (v)     The steps you will take to test the
          mentioning the following :                        47                      hypothesis
          (i)     The objective of the research
                                                                             (vi)    The kind of result you expect
          (ii)    The main variables of the study
          (iii)   The hypothesis proposed                                    (vii)   How will you measure its validity ?
          (iv)    The steps you will take to test the
                  hypothesis
          (v)     The tools of research you will use
          (vi)    The kind of result/conclusion you
                  expect and how you will measure its
                  validity
          (vii)   How    you       propose   to   utilize   your
                  findings in the classroom.
                                     OR
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