From spoken word to searchable data - AIX2010

Assessment 1: Written plan

500 word outline of ethical considerations pertaining to the student’s proposed data collection.

Written plan

Assessment 1: Portfolio

A 2000-word portfolio consisting of: documentation relating to research ethics; recording of the spoken-word data collected; a self-reflection on the data collection, and a comparison between the data collected by the student and some existing spoken-word data source collected by a researcher in the area of English or History.

Portfolio

Assessment 2: Written Assignment

A 3000-word essay or research report addressing a research question with reference to spoken-word data collected either by the student or another researcher, using a range of qualitative and quantitative analytical methods.

Written assignment

This module focuses on the potential of spoken-word material as a source of data for quantitative and qualitative research in the study of History, English Language and Literature. It aims to improve your skills in data collection through the introduction of the theory and practice of interviewing for research, and aims to enhance your analytical skill set by introducing you to a range of methods from like thematic tagging, concordances, and descriptive and analytical statistics. You will explore the interview as a means of data collection in, for example, sociolinguistics and oral history, conducting your own interviews in line with best practice. You will then use spoken-word data collected by yourself or other scholars as the basis for investigation of textual material using a variety of analytical tools.

School of Arts and Humanities

Abrams, L. (2016). Oral history theory. Taylor &amp; Francis Group.
 
Braun, &amp; Clarke, V. (2022). Thematic analysis: a practical guide. SAGE.
 
Fridlund, M., Oiva, M., &amp; Paju, P. (Eds.). (2020). Digital Histories: Emergent Approaches within the New Digital History. Helsinki University Press. https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctv1c9hpt8
 
Mann, S. A Critical Review of Qualitative Interviews in Applied Linguistics, Applied Linguistics, Volume 32, Issue 1, February 2011, Pages 6–24, <a href="https://doi-org.libaccess.hud.ac.uk/10.1093/applin/amq043">https://doi-org.libaccess.hud.ac.uk/10.1093/applin/amq043</a>
 
Pattwell, N., &amp; McGuinness, F. (2015). “I heard him in that ancient poem”: An Interview with Frank McGuinness on the Influence of Old and Middle English Literature on his Writing. Irish University Review, 45(2), 215–228. <a href="http://www.jstor.org/stable/24576919">http://www.jstor.org/stable/24576919</a>
 
Floud, R. (2006). An introduction to quantitative methods for historians. Taylor &amp; Francis Group.

English Literature

AIX2010 - From spoken word to searchable data

From spoken word to searchable data

demonstrate knowledge of some qualitative tools and statistical tools

follow best practice and ethical requirements in the collection of spoken-word data

analyse spoken-word data using qualitative and/or quantitative methods to address a research question 

demonstrate knowledge of the place of spoken-word data in History and English 