The Routledge Handbook of Research Methods in Applied Linguistics

Introduction: Theorizing research methods in the 'golden age' of applied linguistics research Jim McKinley



Part I: Key concepts and current considerations









Methodological transparency and its consequences for the quality and scope of research Emma Marsden







Multi-perspective research Brian Paltridge







Expanding the scope of mixed methods research in applied linguistics Mohammad R. Hashemi







Sampling: problematizing the issue Masuko Miyahara







Ensuring translation fidelity in multilingual research Gene Thompson and Karen Dooley







Researching multilingually in applied linguistics Jane Andrews, Prue Holmes, Richard Fay, and Susan Dawson







Solidarity and the politics of 'us': how far can individuals go in language policy? Research methods in non-Western contexts Cristine G. Severo and Sinfree B. Makoni







Advancing quantitative research methods Shawn Loewen and Aline Godfroid







Interdisciplinary research Jack Pun







Ethics in applied linguistics research Peter I. De Costa, Jongbong Lee, Hima Rawal, and Wendy Li

Part II: Designs and approaches to research




Experimental and quasi-experimental designs John Rogers and Andrea Revesz







Case study research: making language learning complexities visible Patricia A. Duff







Ethnography: origins, features, accountability and criticality Li Wei







Autoethnography and critical ethnography Sue Starfield







Action research in language education Dario Luis Banegas and Sal Consoli







Core dimensions in narrative inquiry Gary Barkhuizen







Methodological issues in critical discourse studies Christian W. Chun







Integrating corpus tools into mixed methods research Ron Martinez







Systematic reviews in applied linguistics Ernesto Macaro







Meta-analysis in applied linguistics Yo In'nami, Rie Koizumi, and Yasuyo Tomita







Methods and approaches in language policy research Qing Shao and Xuesong (Andy) Gao







Grounded theory method Gregory Hadley

Part III: Data collection methods





Planning and conducting ethical interviews: power, language and emotions Louise Rolland, Jean-Marc Dewaele, and Beverley Costa







Focus groups: capturing the dynamics of group interaction Nicola Galloway







Think-aloud protocols Lawrence Jun Zhang and Donglan Zhang







Stimulated recall Hugo Santiago Sanchez and Trevor Grimshaw







Questionnaires: implications for effective implementation Janina Iwaniec







Observations and field notes: recording lived experiences Xiao Lan Curdt-Christiansen







Diaries and journals: collecting insider perspectives in second language research Heath Rose







Oral language elicitation tasks in applied linguistics research Faidra Faitaki and Victoria A. Murphy







Eye-tracking as a data collection method Ana Pellicer-Sanchez and Kathy Conklin

Part IV: Data analysis








Using statistical analysis software (R, SPSS) Jenifer Larson-Hall and Atsushi Mizumoto







Descriptive statistics in data analysis Jessica Briggs Baffoe-Djan and Sara Ashley Smith







Inferential statistics in data analysis Simone E. Pfenninger and Hannah Neuser







Factor analysis and statistical modeling in applied linguistics: current issues and possibilities Yuliya Ardasheva, Kira J. Carbonneau, and Xue Zhang







Qualitative content analysis Ali Fuad Selvi







Text analysis Wei Wang







Analysis of corpora Averil Coxhead








A discursive psychological approach to the analysis of talk and text in applied linguistics Matthew T. Prior and Steven Talmy









Multimodal (inter)action analysis Jarret Geenen and Jesse Pirini







Toward an expansive interactional analysis Suresh Canagarajah, Daisuke Kimura, Mohammad Naseh Nasarollahi Shahri, and Michael D. Amory
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"This book will rapidly become a go-to text for research methods in applied linguistics. Its topics cover the full range of issues researchers are likely to face, and the discussions are written by leading authorities in the field. A wonderful up-to-date resource."
Tim McNamara, The University of Melbourne, Australia





"An exceedingly timely volume of vast and enduring relevance, Rose and McKinley have produced a text of great value and importance to the field. The book - in both its sum and its parts - manages to balance breadth and depth of coverage while remaining an indispensably accessible resource for advancing the methodological knowledge of novices as well as experienced scholars."


Luke Plonsky, Northern Arizona University, USA
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Jim McKinley is an associate professor of applied linguistics and TESOL at the Institute of Education, University College London, UK.


Heath Rose is an associate professor of applied linguistics at the Department of Education, University of Oxford, UK.
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