Research Methods in Language Policy and Planning: A Practical Guide (Guides to Research Methods in Language and Linguistics) - Hardcover

Hult, Francis M.; Johnson, David Cassels

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1118308387 ISBN 13: 9781118308387

Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell, 2015

Synopsis

This is the first volume exclusively devoted to research methods in language policy and planning (LPP). Each chapter is written by a leading language policy expert and provides a how-to guide to planning studies as well as gathering and analyzing data Covers a broad range of methods, making it easily accessible to and useful for transdisciplinary researchers working with language policy in any capacity Will serve as both a foundational methods text for graduate students and novice researchers, and a useful methodological reference for experienced LPP researchers Includes a series of guidelines for public engagement to assist scholars as they endeavor to incorporate their work into the public policy process

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Review

"[T]he book is a thoroughly enjoyable whistle–stop tour of research methods, highly readable and accessible at a glance. The suggestions from experts on research methods, data collection, potential research questions and literature dissemination will be highly valued by post–graduate or doctoral research students. The methodological rigor and topical richness will make this book appeal to LPP researchers, (critical) discourse analysts, applied linguists and scholars in bilingual/multilingual education research." – Wenge Chen, International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2016

From the Back Cover

Language policy and planning (LPP) is one of the fastest growing sub-disciplines of applied linguistics. This book is the first volume that is exclusively devoted to research methods in language policy and planning. As in other areas of applied linguistics, LPP scholars have drawn upon an array of research methods from a range of disciplines. This book is designed as a practical roadmap for those methods.

Each chapter is written by a leading language policy expert and provides a how-to guide to planning studies, gathering data, and engaging with data analysis. In addition to this accessible structure, the book includes a series of guidelines for public engagement to help researchers as they endeavor to incorporate their work into public policy. Research Methods in Language Policy and Planning: A Practical Guide will serve as both a foundational methods text for graduate students and novice researchers and a useful methodological reference that experienced LPP researchers will find themselves returning to time and again.

About this edition

• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1118308387
• ISBN 13: 9781118308387
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 280