English 2D Research and academic writing

KNOWLEDGE

The student:

• has knowledge of how to analyze and evaluate the structure and conventions of academic writing in English and English didactics;

• has knowledge to understand, analyze, and create, with a high degree of comprehension and skill academic texts and written discourse about English and English didactics;

• has knowledge to summarize, critique, and construe, with an adequate degree of competence, scientific written texts and research articles by understanding and analyzing the schematic and thematic structures of the main thesis and differentiating between main and subordinate arguments and ideas;

• has knowledge of how to identify and apply the nature and foundations of qualitative research methods to research problems and issues pertaining to English and English didactics;

• has knowledge of how to identify and apply the nature and foundations of quantitative research methods to research problems and issues pertaining to English and English didactics;

• has knowledge of how to identify and apply the nature and foundations of mixed-methods research to problems and issues pertaining to English and English didactics.

SKILLS

The student:

• can scrutinize relevant scientific methods and methodological factors and options relevant to studying English and learning and teaching English;

• can scientifically analyze and appraise research inquiries and practical issues and problems relevant to English, English learning, English teaching, English learners, and English teachers in educational contexts;

• can design, prepare, implement, and evaluate research methods for investigating teaching English to, and learning English by, learners of different age groups with diverse linguistic backgrounds and learning needs;

• can write cohesive and coherent academic prose and written discourse in English in an appropriate style and using appropriate organization;

• can gather, integrate, and consolidate information, arguments, and ideas from relevant sources and researchers on a given research topic into a coherent and convincing argument and discussion.

GENERAL COMPETENCE

The student:

• can reflectively and critically think about a wide range of research methods, and research and practical problems with relevance to English and English didactics;

• can scientifically and rigorously evaluate written scholarship in research articles, book chapters, academic books, and other practical and research materials.