THE ISSUES FACING EFL MASTER’S STUDENTS IN UNDERSTANDING AND APPLYING RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

Abstract

Conducting effective research is very essential for writing a dissertation, since this latter requires a valuable set of planning and research skills. However, it is not an easy task to be accomplished, as beginners researchers, students encountered many obstacles due to the complexity of the research, which is a mix between two skills; academic writing and methodological skills. The current study examines the issues facing EFL Master two Students at Mohamed El Bashir El Ibrahimi University in understanding and conducting research process, during the academic year 2021/2022. In addition, it aims at addressing the main factors that affect the progress of the dissertation. In this descriptive inquiry, the data collection tools were two questionnaires assigned to a sample of 23 master two English students, and 7 teachers at the department of foreign languages at Bordj Bouarreridj University. The questionnaires revealed that, students have limited ability of understanding research skills .in addition students faced problems with choosing good topic for their dissertation. Furthermore, they complained about the limited time they have to write their dissertations. All of these factors have an impact on the dissertation writing process.