Research Methods for Language Teaching

Inquiry, Process, and Synthesis
1. Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-1-137-56342-2
Verlag: Red Globe Press

Buch, Englisch, 236 Seiten, Format (B × H): 133 mm x 203 mm, Gewicht: 283 g

Reihe: Applied Linguistics for the Language Classroom

This book provides readers with a range of approaches and tools for thinking deeply about conducting research in their own language classrooms. The book's accessible style and content encourage language teachers to become part of a community focused on inquiry, equipping them with relevant terminology and concepts for their own teaching and research (inquiry, data collection, data analysis, bringing it all together). The reader is exposed to various research methods and examples, accompanied by pros and cons and rationales for each. This enables them to select which research approaches resonate most and are relevant to their own teaching. The book is designed to empower language teachers to engage in ongoing research, thus democratizing who might be considered a researcher. It includes a range of activities and reflections that can be adapted for both pre- and in-service language teachers in diverse language classrooms.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Avineri, Netta

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Lehrerausbildung, Unterricht & Didaktik Allgemeine Didaktik Literatur, Deutsch, Fremdsprachen (Unterricht & Didaktik)
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Fremdsprachenerwerb und -didaktik
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Forschung und Information Forschungsmethodik, Wissenschaftliche Ausstattung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction
Section I: Inquiry1. How to ACE the Research Process2. The Noun and the Verb of the Literature Review3. Research Questions and Research Design: Concretizing Inquiry4. Research Ethics: Reasons, Roles, Responsibilities, and Relationships
Section II: Data Collection5. Making Questionnaires Work for You6. Interviews, Focus Groups, and Reflections7. Case Studies, Ethnography, and Visual Data8. Transcription: Process and Product9. Approaches to Collection of Quantitative Data
Section III: Data Analysis10. Interpretive Analysis of Qualitative Data11. Approaches to Analysis of Quantitative Data
Section IV: Bringing It All Together12. Arguments, Implications, and Communities of Practice

Über Autor(innen)

Netta Avineri is Assistant Professor of TESOL/TFL at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey (MIIS). She serves as the MIIS Intercultural Competence Committee Chair, co-founded the MIIS Intercultural Digital Storytelling Project (sites.miis.edu/idsp), and is academic co-director for the Center for Social Impact Learning's Ambassador Corps international internship program.