Conceptualizing Research Methods Used in Teaching Listening Skill Studies Using Social Media and Technological Tools

Abstract

Articles published in international and national journals have rich potentials for learning sources for a greater understanding and productivity to conduct novel and essential research since their publication has been scholarly processed through the hands of journal editors. Readers can learn the research methods from the models found in journal articles. This paper elaborates the research methods used in studies on Listening skills using social media and other technological tools. The elaboration is formulated from the research methods used by journal article writers worldwide. The articles are taken as the corpus of the study and analyzed using grounded analysis. Among them are case study, ethnography research, phenomenology, grounded theory, narrative, content analysis, document analysis, descriptive qualitative, pre-experimental research, quasi-experimental research, true experimental research, correlational research, ex-post facto, survey research, classroom action research, collaboration action research, and mixed-methods. However, due to the limited space, the paper will only describe five popular methods in teaching listening skills utilizing social media and technological tools for the last ten years include experimental research, classroom action research, survey research, case study, and descriptive qualitative research. The description of each method is supported by examples found in international and national journal articles published worldwide.