Learners will individually work with your company to identify your needs and provide actionable recommendations, based on their in-depth research and analysis.

For this research project, learners will begin with resources, peer review journals, and types of studies. Each project should include the following:

• A literature review of the topic chosen.
• A study or product
• A qualitative or quantitative analysis of the study or product
• A discussion of the significance of their findings
• A presentation of their project

Some examples of projects may include but are not limited to:

• Creating a story in IPA:

Determining how it would be performed as an audiobook. Examine the Phonology and determine why certain choices were made and what would cause the reader problems.

• Miscue analysis

Miscue analysis is a means to use a running record for diagnosis to identify students' specific difficulties. Not only is the running record a way to identify reading rate and reading accuracy, but it also is a way to assess reading behaviors and identify reading behaviors that need support. A miscue analysis is a great way to get some authentic information about a student's reading skills, and a means to identify specific weaknesses

• Sociolinguistics in a commercial:

Choose a commercial and transcribe it. Examine what is happening both linguistically using IPA variations as well as sociolinguistically. What pragmatics, syntax choice, dialectal variations, etc. are being used.

• Create a language learning game:

Choose a language learning level/objective. How would you make it fun for the language learner? What information needs to be there to fully master the objectives? What scaffolded information and background knowledge should already be there? What choices did you make and why?