Mirhosseini Doing Qualitative Research in Language Education

Erscheinungsjahr 2020
ISBN: 978-3-030-56492-6
Verlag: Springer International Publishing
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 225 Seiten

Reihe: Progress in Mathematics

This textbook provides a hands-on introduction for students embarking on their first qualitative research projects in language teaching and learning environments. The author addresses theoretical, methodological, and procedural aspects of conducting qualitative studies on issues of language teaching and learning, and includes examples which take a closer look at real-world scenarios and obstacles that might occur in language education research. Written in learner-friendly language, this textbook provides a rare how-to text for beginner qualitative researchers, and will be a valuable resource for upper undergraduate and postgraduate students on courses in applied linguistics, second/foreign language teaching, TESOL, literacy studies and related fields.

Zielgruppe

Upper undergraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Mirhosseini, Seyyed-Abdolhamid

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1: Ways of Knowing and Knowledging.- Chapter 2: Conceptualizing Research Questions.- Chapter 3: Designing Qualitative Studies.- Chapter 4: Collecting Data Through Observation.- Chapter 5: Collecting Interview Data.- Chapter 6: Other Sources of Data.- Chapter 7: Data Analysis Through Coding.- Chapter 8: Other Ways of Data Analysis.- Chapter 9: The Quality of Qualitative Research.- Chapter 10: Qualitative Research Writing.

Über Autor(innen)

Seyyed-Abdolhamid Mirhosseini is an Associate Professor at Alzahra University, Tehran, Iran. His research areas include the sociopolitics of language education, qualitative research methodology, and critical studies of discourse in society.