Research Methods in Language Teaching and Learning

Kenan Dikilitas is Professor of University Pedagogy at University of Stavanger, Norway. He is the author of several books and articles on language teacher education, action research, and bilingual education in monolingual contexts. His numerous articles have been published in such journals as the System, Teacher Development, ELT Journal, and Educational Action Research. Kate Mastruserio Reynolds is Professor of TESOL and Literacy at Central Washington University, USA. She has authored and edited many works in the field of TESOL, including Introduction to TESOL: Becoming a Language Teaching Professional with Kenan Dikilits and Steve Close (Wiley Blackwell, 2021). She was Associate Editor of the vocabulary volume of The TESOL Encyclopedia of English Language Teaching (Wiley Blackwell, 2018).

• List of Figures viiList of Tables viiiNotes on Contributors ixIntroduction to Research Methods in Language Teaching and Learning 1Kenan Dikilitaş and Kate Mastruserio Reynolds1 Learning to Use a Qualitative Case Study Approach to Research Language Teachers’ Self-Efficacy Beliefs 9Mark Wyatt2 Researching the Language Classroom Through Ethnographic Diaries: Principles, Possibilities, and Practices 24Graham Hall3 Grounded Theory: A Means to Generate Hypotheses on the Possible Impacts of Student Negotiation in an EFL Speaking Context 41Mehmet Sercan Uztosun4 Narrative Inquiry in Applied Linguistics: A Storied Account of Its Procedures, Potentials, and Challenges in an Empirical Project 59Vahid Bahrami, Mehrdad Hosseini, and Mahmood Reza Atai5 Positioning Analysis in Longitudinal Classroom-Based Research 73Hayriye Kayi-Aydar6 Online and Hybrid Research Using Case Study and Ethnographic Approaches: A Decision-Making Dialogue Between Two Researchers 87Faridah Pawan and Chaoran Wang7 Ethnography and a Heuristics of the Heart: Allied Solidarity With Indigenous Language and Literacy Activism 104Ari Sherris8 Action Research in Teacher Education: Practical and Theoretical Challenges and Opportunities From Norway 118Dag Husebø9 Discourse Analysis as a Research Methodology for L2 Context 132Hatime Çiftçi10 Conversation Analysis in TESOL 147Olcay Sert11 Combining Corpus-Based Methods With Interviews in Applied Linguistics Research 166Duygu Çandarlı12 Exploratory Survey Research 182Jason Anderson and Amy Lightfoot13 Using Mixed Methods Design to Investigate Vocabulary Acquisition 200Andrea B. Hellman14 Correlational Analysis in SLA: Insights From the Study Abroad Research 215Zeynep Köylü15 Conducting a Non-Experimental Design Quantitative Study and the Application of Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modeling 230Hilal Peker16 Behind the Scenes of a Longitudinal Large-Scale Randomized Controlled Trial Study With Native Spanish Speakers: Lessons Learned 257Rafael Lara-Alecio, Beverly J. Irby, Fuhui Tong, Cindy Guerrero, Kara L. Sutton-Jones, and Nahed Abdelrahman17 Quantitative Systematic Reviews: A Lived Experience 273Tamara Kalandadze18 Exploring the (Un‐)explored in Applied Linguistics: Conducting a Systematic Review in Intercultural Communicative Competence 288Maria Iosifina Avgousti and Stella K. HadjistassouIndex 311