Current Trends in Research Methodology and Statistics in Applied Linguistics

Lazaraton, Anne

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“…Lazaraton (2000) analysed all data-based articles in four core journals (TESOL Quarterly, Language Learning, The Modern Language Journal and Studies in Second Language Acquisition) over a seven-year period from 1992-1997 and found only 10% were qualitative (with a further 2% 'partially qualitative'). Yihong, Lichun & Jun (2001) also compare China and the west in terms of trends in research methods in applied linguistics, covering the years 1978-1997.…”

Section: Q U a L I T A T I V E R E S E A R C H I N L A N G U A G E T mentioning

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Trends in qualitative research in language teaching since 2000

Richards

2009

Lang. Teach.

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This paper reviews developments in qualitative research in language teaching since the year 2000, focusing on its contributions to the field and identifying issues that emerge. Its aims are to identify those areas in language teaching where qualitative research has the greatest potential and indicate what needs to be done to further improve the quality of its contribution. The paper begins by highlighting current trends and debates in the general area of qualitative research and offering a working definition of the term. At its core is an overview of developments in the new millennium based on the analysis of papers published in 15 journals related to the field of language teaching and a more detailed description, drawn from a range of sources, of exemplary contributions during that period. Issues of quality are also considered, using illustrative cases to point to aspects of published research that deserve closer attention in future work, and key publications on qualitative research practice are reviewed.

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Trends in qualitative research in language teaching since 2000

Richards

2009

Lang. Teach.

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“…Language Learning, The Modern Language Journal, Studies in Second Language Acquisition and TESOL Quarterly). Lazaraton (2000) provided evidence of such a bias in a study of databased articles in these journals over a seven-year period. She found that 88% of the articles were quantitative, 10% were qualitative and 2% were 'partially qualitative'.…”

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Ellis

2006

Language Teaching Research

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“…Canagarajah (2016) points out that empirical, experimental, and quantitative research were dominant in the late 1970s and 1980s because TESOL needed to establish itself as a serious discipline by utilizing valued research methods in academia. Henning (1986) was the first to note the increasing use of qualitative research, reporting the sharp increase in qualitative research articles he found from examining the journals Language Learning (LL) and TESOL Quarterly (TQ) that were published from 1970-1985. Lazaraton (2000 called this period "the first coming of age" (p. 175) of qualitative research.…”

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“…For example, Lazaraton (2000) analyzed 332 articles in LL, TQ, The Modern Language Journal (MLJ), and Studies in Second Language Acquisition (SSLA) that were published from 1991-1997. She found that only 10% of the research articles used qualitative methodologies.…”

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Trends in Qualitative Research in Three Major Language Teaching and Learning Journals, 2006–2015

Tojo¹,

Takagi

2017

IJELT

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This study examines the current trends and complexities in qualitative research in three major language teaching and learning journals published from 2006-2015. After categorizing 781 articles into quantitative, qualitative, mixed methods, and other approaches, 226 qualitative research articles were closely examined and further analyzed in terms of four dimensions: approaches, methods, number of participants, and length of research period. The findings showed that case study was the most frequently employed approach, followed by ethnography. The study also identified that while interviews, observations, discourse analysis, and conversation analysis were relatively well utilized, more than 150 different data collection and analysis methods were used. Although the results of the study show a tendency to use certain approaches and methods in qualitative research more than others, they also demonstrate the complexity and diversity of qualitative research and the difficulty in clarifying and categorizing types of qualitative research in language teaching and learning.

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Current Trends in Research Methodology and Statistics in Applied Linguistics

Cited by 84 publications

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Trends in qualitative research in language teaching since 2000

Trends in qualitative research in language teaching since 2000

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Trends in Qualitative Research in Three Major Language Teaching and Learning Journals, 2006–2015

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