Eeny Meeny Miney Mo - choices and consequences for graduate study in educational linguistics

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dc.contributor.author Evans, Rinelle
dc.date.accessioned 2011-03-30T11:36:20Z
dc.date.available 2011-03-30T11:36:20Z
dc.date.issued 2010
dc.description.abstract Novice researchers face interrelated and complex choices when embarking on an inquiry. The consequences or limitations of each decision may be far-reaching. This article is an auto-reflection on the intricate process of conceptualising and operationalising a thesis in which practical and contingent factors appear to have had a stronger influence in decision-making than philosophical frameworks or supervisory guidance. It aims to underscore the lengthy and often confusing route that graduates follow in pursuit of a higher degree. The target readership is students, emerging scholars, supervisors, and reflective practitioners in the educational linguistics research arena. The actual study pertained to a community project offering televised academic support to Grade 12 learners and sought to establish why the rate of oral interaction between presenter and learners was unexpectedly poor during instructional broadcasts. Key findings suggested that the rate of viewer participation during telelessons was not directly influenced by their limited English proficiency as initially anticipated, but by a combination of variables related to technical limitations, presenter nescience, and inappropriate methodological design. en_US
dc.identifier.citation Evans, R 2010, 'Eeny Meeny Miney Mo - choices and consequences for graduate study in educational linguistics', Per Linguam: A Journal of Language Learning/ Tydskrif vir Taalaanleer, vol. 26, no. 1, pp. 100-113. [http://www.journals.co.za/ej/ejour_perling.html] en_US
dc.identifier.issn 0259-2312
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/2263/16157
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher University of Stellenbosch Institute for Language Teaching en_US
dc.rights University of Stellenbosch Institute for Language Teaching en_US
dc.subject Research design choices en_US
dc.subject Consequences of research choices en_US
dc.subject Postgraduates en_US
dc.subject Research dilemmas en_US
dc.subject Instructional television en_US
dc.subject.lcsh Research -- Design en
dc.subject.lcsh Research -- Methodology en
dc.subject.lcsh Communication and education en
dc.title Eeny Meeny Miney Mo - choices and consequences for graduate study in educational linguistics en_US
dc.type Article en_US


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