As a result of having completed the requirements of this course, the student will have demonstrated:

• An understanding of the scientific process, the range of research designs and their appropriate utilization by educational scientists, application and utilization of such designs to the problem-solving approach for issues in foreign language education.
• Acquisition of skills necessary to the assessment and interpretation of existing research as a prelude to its use in current and further research and the capacity to identify information needed to address questions and problems encountered in educational research. 
• Research skills such as conceptualizing a problem, formulating hypotheses and objectives, designing a research strategy,planning data collection, analysis, and interpretstion of both quantitative and qualitative data, including commonly encountered statistical procedures, including factors that can affect the reliability and validity of research results.