CHAPTER V.

CONCLUSIONS

● The Qualitative method is considered the most appropriate method to

develop research projects in the English area, because Education is part of

Social Sciences.

● There are a lot of data that explain the Qualitative research method,

techniques, approaches, historical articles researches, and documents that

support the application of this research method can be found.

● The qualitative and the quantitative methods can be combined . This

combination is accepted because one method supports the weaknesses of

the other one. Even though the development of an investigation is

qualitative it can be quantitative in a minimum degree.

● The methodological process to develop Qualitative research can be

sumarized in this way:

- Generally, it does not have any design.

- It is flexible, the specif characteristics of the approach evolve as they

operate.

- Get to the field without hypothesis or specific preconcepts.

- Keep in mind some general questions.

- There are two types of questions: substantial and methodological.

a) Substantial questions are refered to specific problems of a

particular environment. A hospital, a community,...

b) Theorethical questions are the ones that come from the

theory.

RECOMMEMDATIONS

● Train undergraduate students and thesis advisors to get acquainted with

Qualitative research.

● Procedures about the Qualitative research should be taught during the

methodological training.

● Provide examples about the Qualitative research during the development of

the methodological training to undergraduate students in order to get

information about the method.

● It is necessary that the School of Art and Sciences have research English

advisors to develop the methodological training process in order to provide a

better orientation about the Qualitative research method ,relevant topics

and proposals in the English field.

● The School of Art and Sciences School should provide a list of some

research topics to undergraduate students of the bacherol degree in

English. These research topics should be focused particularly on proposals

aimming to the development of the Universidad de Oriente.

● Suggested topics to be researched by using the Qualitative method:

1. A proposal for the development of an educational academic program

to provide techniques about translating methods from English/

Spanish and Spanish/English.

2 . A Qualitative case study about the integration of Educational

technology at Universidad de Oriente.

3. An exploratory study of self assessment in the process of learning

English as a second language in students majoring in English.

4. Development of a modified method for reducing accent in non-native

speakers of the English Language.

5. A profound study of English phonemes and their proper application in

the process of teaching and learning English as a second language.