Research Methods in Second Language Acquisition

Alison Mackey is Professor of Linguistics and Head of the Applied Linguistics Programs at Georgetown University. She has published ten books, including Conversational Interaction in Second Language Acquisition (2007), and more than 50 articles and book chapters on second language learning by children and adults.Susan M. Gass is University Distinguished Professor and Director of both the English Language Center and the Second Language Studies Ph.D. Program at Michigan State University.  She has published widely in the field of second language acquisition, including Second Language Acquisition: An Introductory Course with Larry Selinker (2008), and has served as the president of AAAL and of AILA.

• List of Contributors vii 1 Introduction 1Alison Mackey and Susan M. GassPart I Data Types 52 How to Use Foreign and Second Language Learner Corpora 7Sylviane Granger3 Formal Theory-Based Methodologies 30Tania Ionin4 Instructed Second Language Acquisition 53Shawn Loewen and Jenefer Philp5 How to Design and Analyze Surveys in Second Language Acquisition Research 74Zoltán Dörnyei and Kata Csizér6 How to Carry Out Case Study Research 95Patricia A. Duff7 How to Use Psycholinguistic Methodologies for Comprehension and Production 117Kim McDonough and Pavel Trofimovich8 How to Research Second Language Writing 139Charlene Polio9 How to Do Research on Second Language Reading 158Keiko Koda10 How to Collect and Analyze Qualitative Data 180Debra A. FriedmanPart II Data Coding, Analysis, and Replication 20111 Coding Second Language Data Validly and Reliably 203Andrea Révész12 Coding Qualitative Data 222Melissa Baralt13 How to Run Statistical Analyses 245Jenifer Larson-Hall14 How to Do a Meta-Analysis 275Luke Plonsky and Frederick L. Oswald15 Why, When, and How to Replicate Research 296Rebekha AbbuhlIndex 313

“This book provides practical guidance for applied linguistic students doing SLA research. Each chapter, written by an expert in a subfield of second language acquisition (SLA), first presents a brief background review and theoretical frame-work of that area of research, then provides guide to the research methods and, finally, presents studies adopting the particular method to give readers a sense of practicality.”  (The Modern Language Journal, 21 November 2013)“Each of the 15 chapters is comprehensive and accessible, and together they are bound to provide a thorough practical guide for students as they engage in various research projects. The volume will also prove to be a useful reference book for anyone teaching research methods in the context of SLA.”  (Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 20 May 2012)                   “This volume ultimately deserves strong praise for its wide-ranging representation of current topics and procedures in SLA research. Although intended for students, it guides all scholars to a better understanding of how we study our field and is an important addition to the library of all SLAresearchers, novice or seasoned.”  (LINGUIST, 19 May 2012)