Philosophical Foundations of Research and the Selection of Research Methods-Based on Gallagher-Brett's Research:What Do Learners' Beliefs about Speaking Reveal about Their Awareness of Learning Strategies

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10.2991/isbcd-16.2016.51How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Philosophical foundations, epistemology, ontology, nature of theorising, mixed method, ethical issue

Abstract

Based on a research which talks about students' beliefs about speaking and discusses some underlying learning strategies, the paper analyses: firstly the identification of the foundations of the research from epistemological and ontological perspective, and consideration of the nature of theorising in it; second an alternative way----mixed methods research----in which the research question could have been answered methodologically and critically assess the combination with diary method; and finally the identification of ethical issues about doing questionnaire and researching with students and the suggested solutions.

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© 2016, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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