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Summary
Summary
In this second edition of the best-selling Second Language Research, Alison Mackey and Sue Gass continue to guide students step-by-step through conducting the second language research process with a clear and comprehensive overview of the core issues in second language research. Supported by a wealth of data examples from actual studies, the book examines questions of what is meant by research and what defines good research questions, covering such topics as basic research principles and data collection methods, designing a quantitative research study, and concluding and reporting research findings. The second edition includes a new chapter on mixed-methods, new "time to think" and "time to do" text boxes throughout, and updates to reflect the latest research and literature. Supplementary materials, including an extensive glossary and appendices of forms and documents that students can use in conducting their own studies, serve as useful reference tools, with suggestions on how to get research published reemphasizing the book's practical how-to approach. Second Language Research, Second Edition is the ideal resource for understanding the second language research process for graduate students in Second Language Acquisition and Applied Linguistics.
Author Notes
Alison Mackey is Professor in the Department of Linguistics at Georgetown University.
Susan M. Gass is University Distinguished Professor in the Department of Linguistics and Germanic, Slavic, Asian and African Languages at Michigan State University.
Table of Contents
| Preface |
| 1 Introduction to Research |
| 2 Issues Related to Data Gathering |
| 3 Common Data Collection Measures |
| 4 Coding |
| 5 Research Variables, Validity, and Reliability |
| 6 Designing A Quantitative Study |
| 7 Qualitative Research |
| 8 Classroom Research |
| 9 Mixed Methods |
| 10 Analyzing Quantitative Data |
| 11 Concluding and Reporting Research |
| Appendix A Sample Short Form Written Consent Document for Subjects Who Do Not Speak English |
| Appendix B Consent to Participate in Research |
| Appendix C Sample Consent Form for a Study in A Foreign Language Context |
| Appendix D Sample Consent Form for a Classroom Study |
| Appendix E Sample Transcription Conventions: "Jeffersonian" Transcription Conventions |
| Appendix F Sample Transcription Conventions for the L2 Classroom |
| Appendix G Commonly-Used Formulæ |
| Glossary |
| References |
