Less frequently used research methodologies in applied linguistics / edited by A. Mehdi Riazi, Hamad Bin Khalifa University.

Other author Riazi, A. Mehdi, editor.
Format Electronic
PublicationAmsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, [2024]
Description1 online resource (vi, 274 pages) : illustrations (some color).
Supplemental ContentEbook Central
Subjects
Applied linguistics--Research. --Methodology.

SeriesResearch methods in applied linguistics (RMAL) ; volume 6
Research methods in applied linguistics ; v. 6. ^A1471044
Contents Intro -- Less Frequently Used Research Methodologies in Applied Linguistics -- Editorial page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Table of contents -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- 1. Introduction -- 2. A synopsis of the chapters -- References -- Chapter 2 The Multiperspectival Approach to Applied Linguistic research -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Theoretical foundations -- 3. Methodological orientation -- 3.1 Principles and affordances -- 3.1.1 The researcher's perspective -- 3.1.2 Participants' perspective -- 3.1.3 Textual perspective -- 3.1.4 The social action perspective
Contents 3.1.5 The socio-historical perspective -- 3.2 Types of research questions addressed by MPA -- 3.3 Procedures of data collection and analysis -- 3.4 Ethical issues -- 4. Critiques and responses -- 5. Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 3 Implementing the Multiperspectival Approach (MPA) -- 1. Introduction -- 2. An overview of the study -- 3. Why was MPA used? -- 4. How was the MPA implemented? -- 5. What were the challenges of MPA, how were they addressed, and what insights emerged? -- 6. Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 4 Multimodality -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Theoretical foundations
Contents 2.1 Multimodality as a functionalist social semiotic inquiry -- 2.2 Social semiotics and systemic functional multimodal discourse analysis (SF-MDA) -- 3. Methodological orientation -- 3.1 Principles and affordances -- 3.2 Types of research questions addressed by social semiotics and SF-MDA -- 3.3 Procedures of data collection and analysis -- 3.3.1 Data collection -- 3.3.2 Data analysis -- 3.4 Research ethics -- 4. Systemic-functional semiotics -- 5. Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 5 Applying multimodal analysis -- 1. Introduction -- 2. An overview of the research focus and the case studies
Contents 2.1 Embodied teaching -- 2.2 Language textbook analysis -- 3. Why multimodal analysis? -- 3.1 Multimodality in embodied teaching -- 3.2 Multimodality in analyzing language textbooks -- 4. Implementing the studies using multimodal analysis -- 4.1 Case study 1 -- 4.2 Case study 2 -- 5. Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 6 Conversation analysis -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The ontological and epistemological foundations of ethnomethodology and CA -- 2.1 Ethnomethodology -- 2.2 Conversation analysis (CA) -- 2.2.1 Context in CA -- 3. An overview of how conversation analysts set about doing emic research
Contents 3.1 What types of research questions do conversation analysts address, and how do we generate them? -- 3.2 Procedures of data collection, transcription, and analysis -- 4. The formal structure of talk -- 4.1 Turn-taking -- 4.2 Repair -- 4.3 Sequence organization -- 4.4 Preference -- 5. Transcription conventions -- 5.1 Jeffersonian transcription conventions -- 5.2 Multimodal transcription -- 5.2.1 Analysis -- 6. Critiques and responses -- 6.1 Moerman's contextual critique of conversation analysis -- 6.2 The epistemics debate -- 6.3 The Schegloff/Wetherell/Billig debates -- 7. Ethical issues
Abstract "Research methodology plays a pivotal role in generating new knowledge in any academic discipline. Applied Linguistics (AL) researchers use a variety of research methodologies to address different research problems and research questions, given its interdisciplinary nature. Notwithstanding the plethora of research methodologies used by AL researchers, there are some methodologies that are used less frequently. The aim of this volume is to introduce and discuss these less frequently used methodologies. Each methodology is discussed in two chapters, a theoretical and a practical chapter. In the theoretical chapters, the theoretical foundations, methodological orientation, ethical issues, and critiques and responses are discussed. In the practical chapters, a showcase study is presented and discussed, including why the methodology was used, how it was implemented, the challenges the researchers faced, and the insights they gained. The volume contributes to the current methodological discussion in AL and provides early-career and seasoned researchers with the necessary discussion about these methodological orientations. Future AL researchers may use these methodologies to investigate research questions in their areas of interest. In addition, the volume can complement current methodological resources in postgraduate research methodology courses"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Source of descriptionDescription based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on February 28, 2024).
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