Research Methods in Second Language Acquisition: A Practical Guide

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Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Year: 2011
Tongue: English
Leaves: 331
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

Research Methods in Second Language Acquisition: A Practical Guideis an informative guide to research design and methodology for graduate students and scholars. Each chapter of this volume offers background, step-by-step guidance, and relevant studies to create comprehensive coverage of each method.

Includes chapters by expert scholars on an array of topics, including second language writing and reading, meta-analyses, research replication, qualitative data collection and analysis, and more
Includes feature boxes in each chapter highlighting relevant research studies, discussion questions and suggested further readings
Utilizes research methods and tools from varied fields of study including education, linguistics, psychology, and sociology

Content:
Chapter 1 Introduction (pages 1–4): Alison Mackey and Susan M. Gass
Chapter 2 How to use Foreign and Second Language Learner Corpora (pages 5–29): Sylviane Granger
Chapter 3 Formal Theory?Based Methodologies (pages 30–52): Tania Ionin
Chapter 4 Instructed Second Language Acquisition (pages 53–73): Shawn Loewen and Jenefer Philp
Chapter 5 How to Design and Analyze Surveys in Second Language Acquisition Research (pages 74–94): Zoltan Dornyei and Kata Csizer
Chapter 6 How to Carry out Case Study Research (pages 95–116): Patricia A. Duff
Chapter 7 How to use Psycholinguistic Methodologies for Comprehension and Production (pages 117–138): Kim McDonough and Pavel Trofimovich
Chapter 8 How to Research Second Language Writing (pages 139–157): Charlene Polio
Chapter 9 How to do Research on Second Language Reading (pages 158–179): Keiko Koda
Chapter 10 How to Collect and Analyze Qualitative Data (pages 180–200): Debra A. Friedman
Chapter 11 Coding Second Language Data Validly and Reliably (pages 201–221): Andrea Revesz
Chapter 12 Coding Qualitative Data (pages 222–244): Melissa Baralt
Chapter 13 How to Run Statistical Analyses (pages 245–274): Jenifer Larson?Hall
Chapter 14 How to do a Meta?Analysis (pages 275–295): Luke Plonsky and Frederick L. Oswald
Chapter 15 Why, when, and how to Replicate Research (pages 296–312): Rebekha Abbuhl

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