Research Methods in Applied Linguistics: A Practical Resource

Research Methods in Linguistics

by Brian Paltridge (Editor), Aek Phakiti (Editor)

Research Methods in Applied Linguistics is designed to be the essential one-volume resource for students. The book includes:

* qualitative, quantitative and mixed methods
* research techniques and approaches
* ethical considerations
* sample studies
* a glossary of key terms
* resources for students

As well as covering a range of methodological issues, it looks at numerous areas in depth, including language learning strategies, motivation, teacher beliefs, language and identity, pragmatics, vocabulary, and grammar. Comprehensive and accessible, this is the essential guide to research methods for undergraduate and postgraduate students in applied linguistics and language studies.

Genres: Linguistics, Nonfiction

608 pages, Paperback

First published September 10, 2015

About the author

Brian Paltridge is Professor of TESOL at the University of Sydney. His most recent books are Ethnographic Perspectives on Academic Writing (with Sue Starfield and Christine Tardy, Oxford University Press, 2016), Getting Published in Academic Journals (with Sue Starfield, University of Michigan Press, 2016), and The Discourse of Peer Review (Palgrave Macmillan, 2017). He is a former editor of TESOL Quarterly, and an editor emeritus for the journal English for Specific Purposes.

Reviews

[Ashley · Rating 4 out of 5]

A great intro text that gives an overview of numerous research methods. The chapters are brief but the suggestions for further reading are really helpful.