Researching Second Language Classrooms

This volume provides graduate students and experienced researchers with a comprehensive guide to applying qualitative and mixed methods in classroom-based research on second language learning and teaching.

Autorentext

Debra A. Friedman is Associate Professor of Second Language Studies at Indiana University, Bloomington, USA. Her scholarly interests include second and multilingual language socialization, qualitative research methods, and multilingual writing. Recent publications include articles on qualitative research methods in Language Teaching and TESOL Quarterly and a chapter on research ethics in Teaching and Learning Source Based Writing (edited by Rosemary Wette). She is also co-author (with Charlene Polio) of the book Understanding, Evaluating, and Conducting Second Language Writing Research (Routledge).

Inhalt

Part I: Surveying the Field

Chapter 1: Classroom-Based Research on Language Learning and Teaching

Chapter 2: Introduction to Qualitative and Mixed Methods Research

Chapter 3: Methodological and Ethical Criteria for Classroom-Based Research

Chapter 4: Designing a Qualitative or Mixed-Methods Classroom-Based Study

Part II: Data Collection

Chapter 5: Observing and Recording in Language Classrooms

Chapter 6: Incorporating Perspectives of Language Teachers and Students

Part III: Approaches to Data Analysis

Chapter 7: Transcription

Chapter 8: Thematic Coding

Chapter 9: Analyzing Interaction

Chapter 10: Qualitative Discourse Analysis of Written and Multimodal Texts

Part IV: Telling the Story

Chapter 11: Reporting and Disseminating Results

References

Index