Doing second language research

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Personal Author:

Brown, James Dean

Series:

Oxford handbooks for language teachers

Publication Information:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2002

ISBN:

9780194371742

Subject Term:

Second language acquisition -- Statistical methods

Language and languages -- Study and teaching -- Research -- Methodology

Added Author:

Rodgers, Theodore S.

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Doing Second Language Research provides an accessible introduction to language learning research, and a 'feel' for what research activities are like, by engaging the reader in several roles within a variety of mini-studies across a range of research design types, both quantitative and qualitative. Roles include that of research subject, research organizer, research data, research data collector, research data analyst, and research reporter. The book systematically explains the characteristics and purposes of various types of research, terminology, the logic underlying selection, and the steps typical of each type of research design. It also offers an intoduction to some of the classic research studies by engaging readers in thinking about and discussing these studies as well as participating as subjects in adapted versions of them.

Author Notes

Dr. Theodore Rodgers has been a faculty member at the University of Hawaii since 1968 and has been Professor of Psycholinguistics since 1976. In Hawaii, he has served on the faculties of Education, English, English as a Second Language, Information Sciences and Psychology. For fifteen years he directed the Hawaii English Program, the largest venture in language education curriculum development as yet undertaken in the US. James Dean Brown, Professor on the graduate faculty of the Department of Second Language Studies at the University of Hawaii at Manoa, specializes in the areas of language testing, curriculum design, program evaluation, and research methods.

Acknowledgments
Preface
Part 1 Introduction
1 The nature of research	p. 3
Introducing research	p. 3
Experiencing research	p. 3
Compiling research data	p. 6
Analyzing research data	p. 6
Designing research	p. 10
Interpreting definitions of research	p. 15
The significance of defining research	p. 16
Reflecting on research definitions	p. 17
Summary
Part 2 Qualitative research
2 Case study research: developmental research	p. 21
Introducing case study research	p. 21
Experiencing case study research	p. 22
Compiling case study data	p. 27
Analyzing case study data	p. 30
Reporting your results	p. 32
Designing case study research	p. 36
Interpreting case study research	p. 43
Significance of case study research	p. 47
Reflecting on case study research	p. 49
Summary	p. 51
3 Introspection research: verbal protocols	p. 53
Introducing introspective research	p. 53
Experiencing introspective research	p. 57
Compiling introspective data	p. 61
Analyzing introspective data	p. 63
Designing your own introspective research study	p. 69
Interpreting introspective research	p. 71
Significance of introspection as a scholarly focus	p. 74
Reflecting on introspective research	p. 75
Summary 78
4 Classroom research: interaction analysis	p. 79
Introducing classroom research	p. 79
Experiencing classroom research	p. 80
Compiling classroom research data	p. 87
Analyzing classroom interaction data	p. 90
Designing your own classroom research	p. 94
Interpreting classroom research	p. 101
Significance of classroom research	p. 105
Reflecting on classroom research	p. 110
Summary	p. 112
Part 3 Quantitative research
5 Descriptive statistics research: survey analysis	p. 117
Introducing descriptive statistics research	p. 117
Experiencing descriptive statistics research	p. 118
Compiling descriptive data	p. 122
Analyzing descriptive data	p. 122
Designing your own descriptive research	p. 142
Interpreting descriptive research	p. 147
Significance of descriptive research on teacher beliefs	p. 151
Reflecting on descriptive research	p. 154
Summary	p. 156
6 Correlational research: language learning/teaching attitudes	p. 157
Introducing correlational research	p. 157
Experiencing correlational research	p. 159
Compiling correlational data	p. 162
Analyzing correlational data	p. 166
Designing your own correlational research	p. 180
Interpreting correlational research	p. 184
Significance of correlational research comparing students and teachers attitudes	p. 191
Reflecting on correlational research	p. 192
Summary	p. 193
7 Quasi-experimental research: vocabulary learning techniques	p. 195
Introducing experimental research	p. 195
Experiencing experimental research	p. 195
Compiling experimental data	p. 201
Analyzing experimental data	p. 201
Designing your own experimental studies	p. 211
Interpreting experimental studies	p. 219
Significance of experimental research in teaching vocabulary	p. 222
Reflecting on experimental research	p. 223
Summary	p. 224
Part 4 Conclusion
8 Course evaluation: combining research types	p. 227
Introducing evaluation research	p. 227
Experiencing evaluation research	p. 228
Compiling evaluation data	p. 233
Analyzing evaluation data	p. 233
Reporting evaluation results	p. 238
Designing your own evaluation studies	p. 241
Interpreting evaluation studies	p. 245
Significance of evaluation studies	p. 247
Reflecting on evaluation research	p. 250
Summary	p. 256
Answer keys	p. 257
Chapter 2	p. 257
Chapter 6	p. 258
Chapter 7	p. 260
Appendices	p. 264
Chapter 3	p. 264
Chapter 4	p. 271
Chapter 7	p. 278
Chapter 8	p. 280
Glossary	p. 287
Bibliography	p. 295
Index	p. 309

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