ELT

Based on

the positivist or scientific paradigm

Wich

Regards the world as composed of observable and measurable facts.

Important

measurable and observable data on variables

as

Documentation

Literature review

Identify

Research problem

Based on

A description of a trends and needs to explain the relationship between possibilities

How it could be answer?

Through an study wich look for stablish the tendency from individuals of responses from individuals and how it could be variable through individuals

Identify

Research problem

Based on

The investigator relies
on the views of the participants

The purpose

you can best learn from participants

Learn through

Participant's observation

from the perspective of EFL learners

researchers’
preconceived academic knowledge

Approches

Like

Interviews

Observation

Qualitative

Open-ended approaches

as

Interview with a english teacher

Example

What does professional English teacher?
How a professional English teacher could…?

Quantitative

Closed-ended approaches

as

Strongly agree

Strongly disagree

So forth

Data

Quantitative

with

Numerical analysis

Qualitative

with

Words analysis

Reporting formats

Quantitative

by

Literature review

Methods

Results

Qualitative

by

Personal passage

Unfolding stories

Is

Mixing both methods in a single study

to

understand a research
problem

The goal

is

To expand and strengthen a study’s conclusions.

Be used

for

Triangulation or to improve the validity of research

when

1. The researchers

have

quantitative and qualitative

Data

Types of data

2. One type of research

is

not enough

to

address the research problem

answer the
research questions.