Researching Second Language Classrooms

Debra A. Friedman is Associate Professor of Second Language Studies at Indiana University, Bloomington, USA. Her scholarly interests include second and multilingual language socialization, qualitative research methods, and multilingual writing. Recent publications include articles on qualitative research methods in Language Teaching and TESOL Quarterly and a chapter on research ethics in Teaching and Learning Source Based Writing (edited by Rosemary Wette). She is also co-author (with Charlene Polio) of the book Understanding, Evaluating, and Conducting Second Language Writing Research (Routledge).

• Part I: Surveying the FieldChapter 1: Classroom-Based Research on Language Learning and TeachingChapter 2: Introduction to Qualitative and Mixed Methods ResearchChapter 3: Methodological and Ethical Criteria for Classroom-Based ResearchChapter 4: Designing a Qualitative or Mixed-Methods Classroom-Based StudyPart II: Data CollectionChapter 5: Observing and Recording in Language ClassroomsChapter 6: Incorporating Perspectives of Language Teachers and StudentsPart III: Approaches to Data AnalysisChapter 7: TranscriptionChapter 8: Thematic CodingChapter 9: Analyzing InteractionChapter 10: Qualitative Discourse Analysis of Written and Multimodal TextsPart IV: Telling the StoryChapter 11: Reporting and Disseminating ResultsReferencesIndex