Delimiting Dimensions and Indicators in Students’ Research Papers on EFL Education: A Cuban Perspective

Juan Carlos Vega Puente; Jorge Carlos Ronda Pupo; Yakeline Herrera Fuentes

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Delimiting Dimensions and Indicators in Students’ Research Papers on EFL Education: A Cuban Perspective

Juan Carlos Vega Puente, Jorge Carlos Ronda Pupo, Yakeline Herrera Fuentes

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The development of scientific research skills has always been an aim in the formation of English as a foreign language (EFL) teaching professionals. In this respect, the determination of dimensions and indicators, with emphasis on the latter, has become a key step in the process of research. This work aims at providing students-researchers and advisors with the conceptualization of essential categories, some recommendations and examples of dimensions and indicators derived from the authors’ professional experience, the review of specialized bibliography on the topic and the analysis of the inventory of diploma papers (pieces of research presented as a requirement to complete undergraduate programs of study) and Master’s degree theses from Enrique José Varona University of Pedagogical Sciences and the University of Havana. The dimensions and indicators discussed cover two basic areas in EFL education research, namely levels of discourse construction (pronunciation, vocabulary, grammar, discourse and text studies) and types of verbal activity (speaking, writing, listening and reading). The article responds to a task from the research project: The enhancement of English teaching in Primary, High and Higher Educations, carried out at the Faculty of Education in Foreign Languages from Enrique José Varona University of Pedagogical Sciences, which is part of the National Program: The Cuban Educational System: perspective of development.

Published in	Science Journal of Education (Volume 9, Issue 4)
DOI	10.11648/j.sjedu.20210904.12
Page(s)	131-142
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Research, Independent Variable, Dependent Variable, Dimensions, Indicators

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Juan Carlos Vega Puente

Department of English and French Languages, Faculty of Education in Foreign Languages, Enrique José Varona University of Pedagogical Sciences, Havana, Cuba
Jorge Carlos Ronda Pupo

Department of English and French Languages, Faculty of Education in Foreign Languages, Enrique José Varona University of Pedagogical Sciences, Havana, Cuba
Yakeline Herrera Fuentes

Department of English and French Languages, Faculty of Education in Foreign Languages, Enrique José Varona University of Pedagogical Sciences, Havana, Cuba

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