Описание
Doing Second Language Research provides an accessible
introduction to language learning research, and a 'feel' for what
research activities are like, by engaging the reader in several roles
within a variety of mini-studies across a range of research design
types, both quantitative and qualitative. Roles include that of research
subject, research organizer, research data, research data collector,
research data analyst, and research reporter. The book systematically
explains the characteristics and purposes of various types of research,
terminology, the logic underlying selection, and the steps typical of
each type of research design. It also offers an intoduction to some of
the classic research studies by engaging readers in thinking about and
discussing these studies as well as participating as subjects in adapted
versions of them.