Pre and post questionnaire, with two types of questions in them: those relating to language ideologies and those relating to identity and self-concept.
Semi-structured interviews with a close set of topics or salient themes with: a) a selected number of students, b) the lecturers of these subjects, and c) the work-placement mentors of the selected MA in ELT students.
Focus group sessions, three with 5 students and 4 with 9 students. (see planning for greater detail)
Video recorded observational data. At least 4 lectures of each selected course will be video-recorded in order to register students’ and instructors’ multimodal classroom performance and interactions.
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Using the SPSS package, we will apply standard tests to compare: a) the two settings, b) different years of study, and c) pre-post results of the questionnaire by the same students.
The choice of tests will depend on whether the distribution of the sample is normal, in which case parametric tests will be employed, or not, in which case non-parametric tests will be required. In the case of c) the comparison will involve a paired test comparing the results of the same students at two different times.