Investigating Some Factors That The Quality Of Research In The Départment Of English At Larbi Ben M'hidi University

Résumé: The present study is an attempt to investigate and to shed light on some factors that affect the quality of research of second-year master EFL students in the department of english at the university of Oum-El-Bouaghi. It takes the form of an exploratory research since it deals with a new issue to be explored in the department of english at Larbi Ben M'Hidi university. The rising number of postgraduate students who cannot complete their researches each year indicates that most of them encounter many problems. These latter are related to the requirements needed for any research work, namely, the researcher character, the research course, the supervision process and research facilities. These requirements are considered to be the main factors that affect in a way or another quality of research. Based on this, we hypothesized that the investigated factors might affect the quality of research in the department of english at the university of Oum-El-Bouaghi. In this sense, our belief is that by the improvement of these factors, quality of research in the department of english at Larbi Ben M'Hidi university can be improved. To enrich this study with valuable data, we designed and distributed two questionnaires. One was for second-year master students (Sciences of Language Stream) and the other one was for FL teachers (especially those who are engaged in the supervision process). The findings obtained from the questionnaires indicated that all of the aforementioned factors affect the quality of research. However, the most significant results showed that the research facilities and the supervision process are the main factors that have the greatest impact on the quality of research. Therefore, we recommend that by the enhancement of these factors, the quality of research will be improved.

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