The Palgrave Handbook of Applied Linguistics Research Methodology
Aek Phakiti, Peter De Costa, Luke Plonsky, Sue Starfield, Aek Phakiti, Peter De Costa, Luke Plonsky, Sue Starfield
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The Palgrave Handbook of Applied Linguistics Research Methodology
Aek Phakiti, Peter De Costa, Luke Plonsky, Sue Starfield, Aek Phakiti, Peter De Costa, Luke Plonsky, Sue Starfield
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This Handbook provides a comprehensive treatment of basic and more advanced research methodologies in applied linguistics and offers a state-of-the-art review of methods particular to various domains within the field. Arranged thematically in 4 parts, across 41 chapters, it covers a range of research approaches, presents current perspectives, and addresses key issues in different research methods, such as designing and implementing research instruments and techniques, and analysing different types of applied linguistics data. Innovations, challenges and trends in applied linguistics research are examined throughout the Handbook. As such it offers an up-to-date and highly accessible entry point into both established and emerging approaches that will offer fresh possibilities and perspectives as well as thorough consideration of best practices. This wide-ranging volume will prove an invaluable resource to applied linguists at all levels, including scholars in related fields such as language learning and teaching, multilingualism, corpus linguistics, critical discourse analysis, discourse analysis and pragmatics, language assessment, language policy and planning, multimodal communication, and translation.
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Part I
- In Chap. 1 (Applied Linguistics Research: Current Issues, Methods, and Trends), Aek Phakiti, Peter De Costa, Luke Plonsky, and Sue Starfield present a broad contextualization of applied linguistics research, locating its focus within current debates and concerns of relevance to the field of applied linguistics. The editors highlight the field’s growing interest in research methodology and offer a rationale for the selection of topics and issues in the Handbook, such as methodological reform, transparency, transdisciplinarity, and the impact of technology.
- In Chap. 2 (Habits of Mind: How Do We Know What We Know?), through the sociology of science pioneered by Ludwik Fleck, Richard Young explores the ways that different researchers attend to different aspects of language learning and use are habits of mind grounded in the communities to which they belong. Young uses Fleck’s three characteristics of thought collectives—their rhetoric, their epistemology, and incommensurability among thought collectives—to consider different methodologies of applied linguistic research and to describe how different habits of mind constrain how researchers know what they know.
- In Chap. 3 (Quantitative Methodology), Luke K. Fryer, Jenifer Larson-Hall, and Jeffrey Stewart present and justify the methodological choices in a complex, longitudinal, classroom-based study. Fryer, Larson-Hall, and J. Stewart walk the reader through choices that must be made in a quantitative analysis step by step while also advocating for best practices in quantitative research, such as using technology as a partner in research methodology, strengthening statistical power by repeated testing of the same participants, and strengthening validity of study results by using a longitudinal design.
- In Chap. 4 (Qualitative Methodology), Shim Lew, Anna Her Yang, and Linda Harklau provide an overview of qualitative research (QR) in applied linguistics, with a particular focus on recent research and developments in the field over the past five years. Lew, Yang, and Harklau explore the philosophical and methodological premises of qualitative methods in the field and relate them to broader developments in QR across the social sciences, particularly in regard to issues of validity and quality of QR. They also review current trends and issues and provide an overview of research types including the varieties of qualitative approaches taken, theoretical frameworks used, and types of data collection and analytical methods employed.
- In Chap. 5 (Mixed Methodology), Alison Mackey and Lara Bryfonski present approaches to mixed methods research for social sciences and applied linguistics research. Mackey and Bryfonski demonstrate how different approaches can be used together in applied linguistics research, and provide practical advice on how to conduct a mixed methods study along with some suggestions for design and data analysis.
- In Chap. 6 (Traditional Literature Review and Research Synthesis), Shaofeng Li and Hong Wang discuss the procedures and best practices of traditional reviews of the literature and research syntheses for applied linguistics research. Li and Wang compare the two approaches and propose ways to integrate them in order to inform an empirical research project.
- In Chap. 7 (Research Replication), Rebekha Abbuhl traces the history of replication research in the field of applied linguistics, culminating in a discussion of current views of replication research as a means of evaluating the internal and external validity of a study, illuminating phenomena of interest, and ultimately, driving both theory and pedagogy forward. Abbuhl provides an overview of different types of replication studies (exact, approximate, conceptual) with recent examples from the field and concludes with current recommendations for facilitating replication research, including those pertaining to reporting and data sharing.
- In Chap. 8 (Ethical Applied Linguistics Research), Scott Sterling and Peter De Costa present the historical development of research ethics in applied linguistics and outline core issues that applied linguists are likely to face when conducting research. Sterling and De Costa recommend the best ethical practices within the field. This chapter can be used to support the teaching of research ethics in graduate-level applied linguistics courses.
- In Chap. 9 (Writing a Research Proposal), Sue Starfield discusses the form and function of a typical research proposal which provides a rationale and motivation for a research study. Starfield provides a range of tools and techniques that can assist doctoral or graduate students in conceptualizing and writing this high-stakes document.
- In Chap. 10 (Writing a Research Article), Betty Samraj discusses key features of the applied linguistics research article. Samraj presents the novice writer with some questions to consider when constructing a research article in applied linguistics. This chapter also focuses on pedagogical issues related to the instruction of writing the research article, such as rhetorical consciousness raising and the use of annotated corpora.