Master 2024/2025

Sociolinguistics and Modern Research Methods

Type: Compulsory course (Language Policy in the Context of Ethnocultural Diversity)

Area of studies: Linguistics

Delivered by: School of Philological Studies

Where: Faculty of Humanities

When: 1 year, 1, 2 module

Mode of studies: offline

Open to: students of all HSE University campuses

Instructors: Denis Zubalov

Master’s programme: Языковая политика в условиях этнокультурного разнообразия

Language: English

ECTS credits: 6

Contact hours: 32

Course Syllabus

Abstract

This blended course is designed for MA students enrolled in the “Language Policy in the Context of Ethnocultural Diversity” MA programme. The course objective is to introduce students to the theoretical and practical aspects of conducting research employing qualitative and quantitative methods. Students will learn to design research tasks and will be given the opportunity to conduct small-scale surveys applying the techniques they will have learnt in this course. Students will learn what types of interviews there are and in what research situations each one is used. Students will likewise learn how to conduct interviews (and how not to), how to analyze and classify the data. This course will also look at ethnographic approach when doing fieldwork. Finally, we will look at how we design questionnaires and how we disseminate them. In the first part of the course, students will have to pass the online course “Understanding Research Methods” available at the online platform COURSERA https://ru.coursera.org/learn/research-methods. The second part of the course consists of in-class lectures and seminars.