Data Collection Research Methods in Applied Linguistics (Research Methods in Linguistics) - Softcover

Heath Rose; Jim McKinley; Jessica Briggs Baffoe-Djan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1350025844 ISBN 13: 9781350025844

Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic, 2019

Synopsis

The successful collection of data is a key challenge to obtaining reliable and valid results in applied linguistics research. Data Collection Research Methods in Applied Linguistics investigates how research is conducted in the field, encompassing the challenges and obstacles applied linguists face in collecting good data. The book explores frequently used data collection techniques, including:

* interviews and focus groups
* observations
* stimulated recall and think aloud protocols
* data elicitation tasks
* corpus methods
* questionnaires
* validated tests and measures

Each chapter focuses on one type of data collection, outlining key concepts, threats to reliability and validity, procedures for good data collection, and implications for researchers. The chapters also include exemplary research projects, showcasing and explaining for readers how the technique was used to collect data in a successfully published study. This book is an essential resource for both novice and experienced applied linguists tackling data collection techniques for the first time.

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About the Author

Heath Rose is Associate Professor of Applied Linguistics at the University of Oxford, UK.; Jessica Briggs Baffoe-Djan is Associate Professor of Applied Linguistics and Second Language Acquisition at the University of Oxford, UK.; Jim McKinley is Associate Professor of Applied Linguistics and TESOL at UCL Institute of Education, University College London, UK.

Edition details

• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Publication date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1350025844
• ISBN 13: 9781350025844
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 312