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    • Welcome to "Study Skills", where you will develop essential study and research skills to support your academic success. Let's start this learning and growth journey together

      This course aims to develop the academic and methodological competencies that are essential for students’ success in higher education. It enables students to understand the fundamental concepts of scientific research, critically analyse information, and select the most appropriate research methods according to a given context.

      The course covers the fundamental principles of research, including the distinction between different types and approaches to research. Each unit is supported by examples, exercises, and quizzes designed to consolidate students’ knowledge and foster critical thinking.

    • 🎓 University: Mohammed Lamine Debbaghine, Setif 2, University

      🏛️ Faculty: Faculty of Letters and Languages

      📚 Department: Department of English Language and Literature

      📖 Course Title: Study Skills

      👥 Target Audience: Second-Year BA students

      🧭 Teaching Unit: Methodology

      📅 Semester: 4

      🎯 Credits: 4

      🔢 Coefficient: 2

      📝 Assessment: 100% Continuous Assessment (CC)

      ⏱️ Contact Hours: 1 hour 30 minutes per week

      📆 Duration: 13 weeks

      👩‍🏫 Instructor: Dr. Messalem Imene

      ✉️ Email: i.messalem@univ-setif2.dz

      🕐 Office Hours:
          📍 In the Department Staff Room: Sunday, 11:00 a.m.–12:30 p.m.; Tuesday, 9:30 a.m.–11:00 a.m.
          ✉️ Email Correspondence: Emails will be answered within 48 working hours.

    • 🎓Dear students,

      To support your academic success and help you achieve excellence, here are the details of your daily independent-learning plan. Consistent engagement with Moodle, even for just one focused hour each day, can help you maintain steady progress, strengthen your understanding of course content, and develop effective self-directed learning habits.

    • Introductory Video: Study Skills URL

      Before starting the course, please watch this video for a better understanding of the course focus and what you should expect from it!

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  • Course Objectives

    General Objective:

    By the end of the course, students will be able to analyse fundamental research concepts, approaches, and methodologies in order to accurately select the most appropriate one for a given situation.

    Specific Objectives:

    By the end of the session, students will be able to:

    1. Identify the key characteristics of basic and applied research.
    2. Explain the distinction between basic and applied research in relation to their respective purposes and applications.
    3. Identify the main characteristics and sources associated with primary and secondary research.
    4. Classify given research examples as primary or secondary research by applying appropriate classification criteria.
    5. Explain the fundamental principles underlying inductive and deductive research reasoning.
    6. Analyse research scenarios to determine whether they follow an inductive or deductive reasoning process.
    7. Analyse the characteristics of qualitative, quantitative, and mixed-methods approaches in relation to different research purposes.
    8. Evaluate the suitability of qualitative, quantitative, or mixed-methods approaches for given research questions and justify their methodological choice.
    9. Analyse research problems to identify and distinguish the roles of relevant variables, including independent, dependent, intervening, moderating, extraneous, and control variables.
    10. Formulate a research problem and construct an appropriate set of variables by specifying their roles and measurable indicators

  • Prerequisites

    Dear student, 

    To ensure that you fully benefit from the content and activities presented in the "Study Skills 2" course, you are required to possess:

    • Familiarity with the concepts "facts", "opinions" and "research".
    • Basic academic reading and comprehension skills.
    • Basic critical thinking and analytical skills.

    • Test your prior knowledge

    • Prerequisites Test
      Ouvert : mercredi 23 septembre 2026, 15:34
      Se termine : mercredi 23 décembre 2026, 15:34

      This short test serves as a form of diagnostic evaluation with the aim of assessing your prior knowledge before beginning the "Study Skills" course. It will help identify areas that may need further review before starting the course. 

    • Prerequisites Support Resources Dossier

  • Overall Course Plan

  • Meet your Instructor

    If you need to contact your instructor, ask questions, discuss your learning progress, or receive guidance and feedback, please feel free to join our weekly online meetings.

    These meetings are an opportunity to ask questions, clarify difficulties, discuss course-related tasks, and receive individual guidance as you develop your study and research skills throughout the course.

    📅 Day: Every Tuesday.
    🕐 Time: 17:00-18:30
    💻 Platform: BigBlueButton
    🎓 Purpose: Questions, guidance, feedback, and individual support

    💡Note: All students are strongly encouraged to participate in the discussion. Active engagement is valuable even in the absence of a specific question, as students may gain meaningful insights and deepen their understanding by engaging with the questions, perspectives, and contributions raised by their peers.

  • Chapter Two: Primary VS Secondary Research

  • Chapter Four: Qualitative, Quantitative and Mixed-Methods Research

  • Exit Test

    • Assess your Learning-Advanced Level

    • I assess my learning Test
      Ouvert : jeudi 24 septembre 2026, 17:06
      Terminé : samedi 24 octobre 2026, 17:06

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