Discourse Analysis The Difference Between Discourse Analysis and X The difference between Discourse Analysis and X* is one of the most recurrent questions the members of @Discourse Analysis Group ask. This question can deceive learners into thinking that defining and drawing borders around the field of Discourse Analysis is something easy to do when in reality, it’s not. By writing an answer to this, […] Written by Sid Ahmed KHETTAB April 5, 2020June 5, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Highlights The Evolution of Science: The Kuhn Cycle Explained There’s no doubt that Thomas Kuhn viewed science from a different angle of that of Karl Popper: he viewed it from a historical perspective and observed that it evolves in a circular way similar to a certain extent to the evolution of the seasons of the year, the cycle is known as the Kuhn Cycle […] Written by Sid Ahmed KHETTAB February 1, 2020June 5, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Research The Ship Will Never Reach a Safe and an Ultimate Land In the previous article “Reasoning Gaps: The Reason to Replicate Research Part II”, I concluded the discussion about research replication for the purpose of rectification of reasoning problems found in previous researches with the metaphor of a ship in the middle of a sea as follows: “For a clearer picture, think of it like a […] Written by Sid Ahmed KHETTAB January 24, 2020June 5, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Research Reasoning Gaps: The Reason to Replicate Research II In this second part of The Reason to Replicate Research, I’m going to develop with more details and explanations the Reasoning Gaps idea I briefly discussed in the article “How to Come Up with Research Question Easily Like a Pro”. And just like in Part I, I will try to pivot the explanation around an example […] Written by Sid Ahmed KHETTAB January 10, 2020June 5, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Research The Empirical Gap: The Reason to Replicate Research In a previous article, titled “How to Come up With a Research Question Easily Like a Pro” I briefly discussed the type of gap that allows you to replicate researches proudly without having to worry about their originality. In this article, I’m going to discuss it in more detail and explain why it is very […] Written by Sid Ahmed KHETTAB January 3, 2020June 5, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
How-to Research How to Come Up With a Research Question Easily Like a Pro A research question is at the core around which revolves almost everything, ranging from the methodological choices taken, going through the constructed theoretical framework, and up to the inferences and deductions leading to logical conclusions. One challenging problem every student faces when planning research is finding and constructing a research question. Knowing how to come […] Written by Sid Ahmed KHETTAB December 4, 2019June 5, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Discourse Analysis Positive Discourse Analysis (PDA) You as a student, a teacher, or a researcher in the human and social sciences departments, certainly have heard about Critical Discourse Analysis…? It’s not surprising if almost everyone has heard about it since, in the Anglo-Saxon world, CDA is not only popular among academics in the said departments, but it seems that knowing it, […] Written by Sid Ahmed KHETTAB November 27, 2019June 5, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
How-to 14 Google Tricks Every Researcher Needs to Know Researchers today rely heavily on Google (and some of them on Bing). However, most of them use them as-is, just like any other internet user: They have a search bar, they type the keywords of what they wish to find and that’s it. If you do that too, then you probably ignore many of the tricks […] Written by Sid Ahmed KHETTAB November 19, 2019June 5, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
How-to How to Cite and Build a Bibliography in Under 10 Minutes! You are spending hours looking for information just to fill your references and build your bibliography, but you feel like you are wasting your time and you prefer to concentrate more on the most important aspects of your research… You are totally right, that practice belongs to the past. Today, with the power of citation […] Written by Sid Ahmed KHETTAB November 15, 2019June 5, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
General Knowledge David Chalmers: The Extended Mind David Chalmers is an Australian philosopher and cognitive scientist. He is very well known for his contributions to the areas of philosophy of mind, philosophy of language, metaphysics, and epistemology. He is also a professor of philosophy and neural science, and the director of the Center for Mind, Brain, and Consciousness at the University of […] Written by Sid Ahmed KHETTAB November 3, 2019June 6, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
The Difference Between Discourse Analysis and X The difference between Discourse Analysis and X* is one of the most recurrent questions the members of @Discourse Analysis Group ask. This question can deceive learners into thinking that defining and drawing borders around the field of Discourse Analysis is something easy to do when in reality, it’s not. By writing an answer to this, […] Written by Sid Ahmed KHETTAB April 5, 2020June 5, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
The Evolution of Science: The Kuhn Cycle Explained There’s no doubt that Thomas Kuhn viewed science from a different angle of that of Karl Popper: he viewed it from a historical perspective and observed that it evolves in a circular way similar to a certain extent to the evolution of the seasons of the year, the cycle is known as the Kuhn Cycle […] Written by Sid Ahmed KHETTAB February 1, 2020June 5, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
The Ship Will Never Reach a Safe and an Ultimate Land In the previous article “Reasoning Gaps: The Reason to Replicate Research Part II”, I concluded the discussion about research replication for the purpose of rectification of reasoning problems found in previous researches with the metaphor of a ship in the middle of a sea as follows: “For a clearer picture, think of it like a […] Written by Sid Ahmed KHETTAB January 24, 2020June 5, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Reasoning Gaps: The Reason to Replicate Research II In this second part of The Reason to Replicate Research, I’m going to develop with more details and explanations the Reasoning Gaps idea I briefly discussed in the article “How to Come Up with Research Question Easily Like a Pro”. And just like in Part I, I will try to pivot the explanation around an example […] Written by Sid Ahmed KHETTAB January 10, 2020June 5, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked