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Qualitative Research in Applied Linguistics

A Practical Introduction

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Editors:
  1. Juanita Heigham

    1. Sugiyama Jogakuen University, Japan

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  2. Robert A. Croker

    1. Nanzan University, Japan

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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvi
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  2. Overview

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. An Introduction to Qualitative Research

      • Robert A. Croker
      Pages 3-24

    3. What Makes Research ‘Qualitative’?

      • Robert A. Croker
      Pages 25-41

  3. Qualitative Research Approaches

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 43-43
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    2. Narrative Inquiry

      • Garold Murray
      Pages 45-65

    3. Case Study

      • Michael Hood
      Pages 66-90

    4. Ethnography

      • Michael Hood
      Pages 91-111

    5. Action Research

      • Anne Burns
      Pages 112-134

    6. Mixed Methods

      • Anne Burns
      Pages 135-161

  4. Qualitative Data Collection Methods

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 163-163
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    2. Observation

      • Neil Cowie
      Pages 165-181

    3. Interviews

      • Keith Richards
      Pages 182-199

    4. Open-Response Items in Questionnaires

      • James Dean Brown
      Pages 200-219

    5. Introspective Techniques

      • Sandra Lee McKay
      Pages 220-241

    6. Discourse Analysis

      • Anne Lazaraton
      Pages 242-259

  5. Practical Issues

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 261-261
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    2. Ethics and Trustworthiness

      • Sharon F. Rallis, Gretchen B. Rossman
      Pages 263-287

    3. Writing Up Your Research

      • Christine Pearson Casanave
      Pages 288-305

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 306-329
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About this book

Written in a clear, informal style for graduate students and practicing teachers embarking on their first qualitative research study in applied linguistics, leading authors introduce the principal research approaches and data creation methods to offer novice researchers an easy-to-follow and straightforward guide to qualitative inquiry.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Sugiyama Jogakuen University, Japan

    Juanita Heigham

  • Nanzan University, Japan

    Robert A. Croker

About the editors

JAMES DEAN BROWN is Professor of Second Language Studies, University of Hawaii-Manoa, Hawaii ANNE BURNS is a Chair Professor in the Department of Linguistics and the former Dean of Linguistics and Psychology at Macquarie University, Australia CHRISTINE CASANAVE, teaches language teacher education in Temple University's Graduate College of Education, Japan NEIL COWIE, is an English teacher in the Foreign Language Education Centre Okayama University, Japan JOHN W. CRESWELL is a Professor of Educational Psychology University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA DONALD FREEMAN is Director of Teacher Education and Associate Professor of Education, School of Education, University of Michigan, USA MIKE HOOD is an Assistant Professor, Nihon University, College of Commerce Japan NATALIYA V. IVANKOVA is Associate Professor, Department of Human Studies, University of Alabama, Birmingham, USA ANNE LAZARATON is an Associate Professor of English as a Second Language University of Minnesota, USA SANDRA LEE MCKAY is Professor of English, San Francisco State University, USA GAROLD MURRAY teaches English at Okayama University, Japan SHARON RALLIS is the Allen Distinguished Professor of Education Policy and Reform, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, USA KEITH RICHARDS is an Associate Professor, University of Warwick, UK GRETCHEN ROSSMAN is a Professor of Education, University of Massachusetts, USA KEIKO SAKUI is Associate Professor, Kobe Shoin Women's University, Japan

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Qualitative Research in Applied Linguistics

  • Book Subtitle: A Practical Introduction

  • Editors: Juanita Heigham, Robert A. Croker

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230239517

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave Language & Linguistics Collection, Education (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2009

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-230-21952-6Published: 17 June 2009

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-0-230-21953-3Published: 17 June 2009

  • eBook ISBN: 978-0-230-23951-7Published: 17 June 2009

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVI, 329

  • Number of Illustrations: 2 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Language Teaching, Applied Linguistics, Language and Literature

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