Quasi-Experimental Research in Second Language Acquisition

A Practical Guide
1. Auflage 2026
ISBN: 978-1-032-48833-2
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 284 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 453 g

Reihe: Second Language Acquisition Research Series

How can second language researchers make credible causal claims from an experimental study conducted in classrooms and other authentic learning environments where random assignment is often impractical or impossible? Quasi-experimental Research in Second Language Acquisition: A Practical Guide is the first volume devoted to this question.

Bringing together an impressive range of leading scholars in second language acquisition, this volume walks readers through how quasi-experimental designs can be conceptualized, implemented, reported, evaluated, and replicated with both methodological rigor and sensitivity to real-world teaching and learning contexts.

The chapters guide readers through the key decision points that help shape high-quality quasi-experimental research. Topics included in this volume sampling and randomization, mixed methods, instructional materials, learning processes, corrective feedback, young learners, individual differences, replication, ethics, and digital language learning. Each chapter includes essential background discussion to the topic, framed with exemplary studies, step-by-step guidance to address a key challenge in quasi-experimental research, hands-on activities, discussion questions, and suggestions for further reading.

This book is an essential resource for graduate students, advanced undergraduate students, early-career researchers, and experienced scholars seeking to design, conduct, review, or interpret classroom-based and intervention-oriented research in second language acquisition.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate and Undergraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Rogers, John

Sato, Masatoshi

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein Empirische Sozialforschung, Statistik
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Sprachwissenschaften

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Quasi-experiments in Second Language Research: Key Concepts and Recommendations  2. Sampling Rigor in Quasi-Experimental ISLA Research  3. Mixed-Method Quasi-Experimental Research  4. Designing Instructional Materials for Quasi-Experimental Research  5. A Focus on Learning Processes in Quasi-Experimental ISLA Research  6. Classroom-Based Quasi-Experimental Research on Corrective Feedback  7. Quasi-Experimental Research with Young Learners  8.
Individual Differences in Quasi-Experimental Research  9. Replication in Quasi-Experimental Research  10. Ethical Practices and Considerations in Quasi-Experimental Research  11. Quasi-Experimental Research in Digital Language Learning

Über Autor(innen)

John Rogers (Ph.D., University College London) is an Associate Professor in the Department of English and Communication at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. He currently serves as an Associate Editor at The Modern Language Journal.

Masatoshi Sato is a Professor at Universidad Andrés Bello, Chile. He is the recipient of the 2014 ACTFL/MLJ Paul Pimsleur Award. He is currently the Editor of Language Awareness and co-editor of The Routledge Handbook of Instructed Second Language Acquisition (Routledge, 2017) and Evidence-Based Second Language Pedagogy (Routledge, 2019).