Questionnaires in Second Language Research

Construction, Administration, and Processing

Zoltán Dörnyei, Tatsuya Taguchi

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2009
• eBook ISBN: 9781135262525
• Edition: 2
• Topic: Languages & Linguistics
• Subtopic: Linguistics
• Index: Languages & Linguistics

Questionnaires in Second Language Research: Construction, Administration, and Processing is the first guide in the second language field devoted to the question of how to produce and use questionnaires as reliable and valid research instruments. It offers a thorough overview of the theory of questionnaire design, administration, and processing, made accessible by concrete, real-life second language research applications. This Second Edition features a new chapter on how an actual scientific instrument was developed using the theoretical guidelines in the book, and new sections on translating questionnaires and collecting survey data on the Internet. Researchers and students in second language studies, applied linguistics, and TESOL programs will find this book invaluable, and it can also be used as a textbook for courses in quantitative research methodology and survey research in linguistics, psychology, and education departments.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title
• Copyright
• Contents
• Preface to the Second Edition
• Introduction
• 1 Questionnaires in Second Language Research
• 2 Constructing the Questionnaire
• 3 Administering the Questionnaire
• 4 Processing Questionnaire Data
• 5 Illustration: Developing a Motivation Questionnaire
• Conclusion and Checklist
• References
• Appendix A: Combined List of the Items Included in the Questionnaires Discussed in Chapter 5
• Appendix B: The Final Version of the Questionnaires Used in Japan, China and Iran
• Appendix C: Selected List of Published L2 Questionnaires
• Author Index
• Subject Index