This Handbook provides a comprehensive treatment of basic and more advanced research methodologies in applied linguistics and offers a state-of-the-art review of methods particular to various domains within the field. Arranged thematically in 4 parts, across 41 chapters, it covers a range of research approaches, presents current perspectives, and addresses key issues in different research methods, such as designing and implementing research instruments and techniques, and analysing different types of applied linguistics data. Innovations, challenges and trends in applied linguistics research are examined throughout the Handbook. As such it offers an up-to-date and highly accessible entry point into both established and emerging approaches that will offer fresh possibilities and perspectives as well as thorough consideration of best practices. This wide-ranging volume will prove an invaluable resource to applied linguists at all levels, including scholars in related fields such as language learning and teaching, multilingualism, corpus linguistics, critical discourse analysis, discourse analysis and pragmatics, language assessment, language policy and planning, multimodal communication, and translation.
Author(s): Aek Phakiti; Peter de Costa; Luke Plonsky; Sue Starfield
Edition: 1
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Year: 2018
Language: English
Pages: 926
Front Matter ....Pages i-xxxii
Front Matter ....Pages 1-3
Applied Linguistics Research: Current Issues, Methods, and Trends (Aek Phakiti, Peter De Costa, Luke Plonsky, Sue Starfield)....Pages 5-29
Habits of Mind: How Do We Know What We Know? (Richard F. Young)....Pages 31-53
Quantitative Methodology (Luke K. Fryer, Jenifer Larson-Hall, Jeffrey Stewart)....Pages 55-77
Qualitative Methodology (Shim Lew, Anna Her Yang, Linda Harklau)....Pages 79-101
Mixed Methodology (Alison Mackey, Lara Bryfonski)....Pages 103-121
Traditional Literature Review and Research Synthesis (Shaofeng Li, Hong Wang)....Pages 123-144
Research Replication (Rebekha Abbuhl)....Pages 145-162
Ethical Applied Linguistics Research (Scott Sterling, Peter De Costa)....Pages 163-182
Writing a Research Proposal (Sue Starfield)....Pages 183-197
Writing a Research Article (Betty Samraj)....Pages 199-219
Front Matter ....Pages 221-223
Interviews and Focus Groups (Matthew T. Prior)....Pages 225-248
Observation and Fieldnotes (Fiona Copland)....Pages 249-268
Online Questionnaires (Jean-Marc Dewaele)....Pages 269-286
Psycholinguistic Methods (Sarah Grey, Kaitlyn M. Tagarelli)....Pages 287-312
SLA Elicitation Tasks (Susan Gass)....Pages 313-337
Introspective Verbal Reports: Think-Alouds and Stimulated Recall (Melissa A. Bowles)....Pages 339-357
Corpus Research Methods for Language Teaching and Learning (Magali Paquot)....Pages 359-374
Digital Discourses Research and Methods (Christoph A. Hafner)....Pages 375-390
Front Matter ....Pages 391-393
Correlation and Simple Linear Regression in Applied Linguistics (Reza Norouzian, Luke Plonsky)....Pages 395-421
Exploratory Factor Analysis (Aek Phakiti)....Pages 423-457
Confirmatory Factor Analysis and Structural Equation Modeling (Aek Phakiti)....Pages 459-500
Analyzing Group Differences (Luke Wander Amoroso)....Pages 501-521
Statistics for Categorical, Nonparametric, and Distribution-Free Data (Jesse Egbert, Geoffrey T. LaFlair)....Pages 523-539
Reliability Analysis of Instruments and Data Coding (Kirby C. Grabowski, Saerhim Oh)....Pages 541-565
Analyzing Spoken and Written Discourse: A Role for Natural Language Processing Tools (Scott A. Crossley, Kristopher Kyle)....Pages 567-594
Narrative Analysis (Phil Benson)....Pages 595-613
Interaction Analysis (Elizabeth R. Miller)....Pages 615-638
Multimodal Analysis (Jesse Pirini, Tui Matelau-Doherty, Sigrid Norris)....Pages 639-658
Front Matter ....Pages 659-661
Instructed Second Language Acquisition (Shawn Loewen)....Pages 663-680
Bilingualism and Multilingualism (Tej K. Bhatia)....Pages 681-701
Forensic Linguistics (Samuel Larner)....Pages 703-718
World Englishes (Peter De Costa, Jeffrey Maloney, Dustin Crowther)....Pages 719-739
Heritage, Community, and Indigenous Languages (Shereen Bhalla, Terrence G. Wiley)....Pages 741-759
Translation and Interpreting (Claudia V. Angelelli)....Pages 761-775
Identity (Ron Darvin)....Pages 777-792
Gesture Research (Gale Stam, Kimberly Buescher)....Pages 793-809
Language Policy and Planning (David Cassels Johnson, Crissa Stephens)....Pages 811-827
Second Language Pragmatics (Soo Jung Youn)....Pages 829-844
Language Testing and Assessment (April Ginther, Kyle McIntosh)....Pages 845-867
Linguistic Landscape (David Malinowski)....Pages 869-885
Researching Academic Literacies (David Bloome, Gilcinei T. Carvalho, Sanghee Ryu)....Pages 887-902
Back Matter ....Pages 903-926
