My concept map

  Research is the formalization of natural processes we all carry out from birth in dealing with the environment. We carry out activities that have the same components as academic research. We carry out these activities because we seek answers to questions about phenomena that occur in our daily lives.  Research questions can be investigated from different perspectives by using different procedure such as observation, questioning, experimentation, and elicitation. Scientific research is organized, structured, methodical, systematic, and the theories are testable and falsifiable and it attempts to study the phenomena through careful description and identification. While common sense, intuition, and introspection about experience are of limited value unless used appropriately. Common sense conclusions are reached on the basis of superstition, superficial responses to problems, and unexamined beliefs.

There are four types of knowledge found in second language research

Type 1- Knowledge as belief: when we know something on the basis of belief, it may mean we want to believe something to be true but have never submitted it to an empirical test.

Type 2- Knowledge as an authority: similar to type 1because it comes from a source which is accepted at face value.

Type 3- A priority knowledge: resemble beliefs. It is usually founded on some previous systematic empirical work or observation.

Type 4- Empirical knowledge: we arrive at knowing something through the processes of observation and/or experimentation. Empirical knowledge is obtained by interacting with real world, observing phenomena, and drawing conclusions from experience.

There are three different kind of research basic, applied, and practical that contributes to our understanding and knowledge of second language phenomena.

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