Research Methods in Second Language Acquisition A Practical Guide

by Mackey, Alison; Gass, Susan M.

• ISBN13: 9781444334265
• ISBN10: 1444334263
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2011-12-12
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Summary

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

Author Biography

Alison Mackey is Professor of Linguistics and Head of the Applied Linguistics Programs at Georgetown University. She has published ten book, including Conversational Interaction in Second Language Acquisition (2007), and more than 50 articles and book chapters on second language learning by children and adults. Susan M. Gass is University Distinguished Professor and Director of both the English Language Center and the Second Language Studies Ph.D. Program at Michigan State University. She has published widely in the field of second language acquisition, including Second Language Acquisition: An Introductory Course with Larry Selinker (2008), and has served as the president of AAAL and of AILA.

Table of Contents

List of Contributors	p. vii
Introduction	p. 1
Data Types	p. 5
How to Use Foreign and Second Language Learner Corpora	p. 7
Formal Theory-Based Methodologies	p. 30
Instructed Second Language Acquisition	p. 53
How to Design and Analyze Surveys in Second Language Acquisition Research	p. 74
How to Carry Out Case Study Research	p. 95
How to Use Psycholinguistic Methodologies for Comprehension and Production	p. 117
How to Research Second Language Writing	p. 139
How to Do Research on Second Language Reading	p. 158
How to Collect and Analyze Qualitative Data	p. 180
Data Coding, Analysis, and Replication	p. 201
Coding Second Language Data Validly and Reliably	p. 203
Coding Qualitative Data	p. 222
How to Run Statistical Analyses	p. 245
How to Do a Meta-Analysis	p. 275
Why, When, and How to Replicate Research	p. 296
Index	p. 313
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