Relationship between learning novel words and language proficiency in bilinguals

The relationship between learning novel words
and language proficiency in bilinguals

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METHODOLOGY..........................................................................................................................3

METHODOLOGY
Research methodology is defined as the process or technique used to gather information
and data about any topic or subject. Main purpose of methodology is to help researcher in data
collection and analysis. For this section, research onion framework is used because this includes
various layers that turn to impact in collecting accurate information about the relationship
between learning novel words and language proficiency in bilinguals. There are different types
of research methods that explained as below;
Research philosophy: It introduces to the process of collecting, evaluating and using
information regarding any topic or area of study. There are three types of philosophies that are
ontology, epistemology and axiology (Basias and Pollalis, 2018). All these philosophies are
examined as under;
 Ontology: It describe the study of reliability. There are several types of ontology
philosophy such as constructivism, pragmatism and objectivism.
 Epistemology: This type of philosophy helps investigator in gathering of appropriate
information about the topic. There are certain kinds of epistemology such as
interpretivisim, positivism and critical realism.
 Axiology: This philosophy facilitate researcher to learn how opinions and valuables
impact the collection and evaluation of research.
Therefore, all these are effective types of research philosophies but for collecting and analysing
information regarding the relationship between learning novel words and language proficiency in
bilinguals, positivism under epistemology is used because it provides numerical information
(Nayak and Singh, 2021). There are various benefits of using positivism philosophy such as cost
effective, less time consuming etc.
Research approach: It is the procedure of evaluating gathered data through effective approach.
There are basically two approaches that are inductive and deductive. Both approaches of research
are essential and explained as below;
 Inductive approach: This is an effective type of research approach and facilitate
investigator in evaluating qualitative data.
 Deductive approach: This approach of the research is effective in analysing quantitative
data.