Case Study Research in Applied LinguisticsCase studies of individual language learners are a valuable means of illustrating issues connected with learning, using, and in some cases, losing another language. Yet, even though increasing numbers of graduate students and scholars conduct research using case studies or mix quantitative and qualitative methods, there are no dedicated applied lin |
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... context, and the methods the questions lend themselves to. I learned from Brian Lynch at UCLA that all research has ... contexts. Since the number of case studies conducted each year is growing steadily, this book provides an overview ...
... context, and the methods the questions lend themselves to. I learned from Brian Lynch at UCLA that all research has ... contexts. Since the number of case studies conducted each year is growing steadily, this book provides an overview ...
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... context; and the frequent use of a topicalizing device (e.g., As for me, I am a student).* In Ge's case, the topic marker was the invented (but copula-like) form “isa,” as in gow howm, isa plei da gerl [When we went home, we would visit ...
... context; and the frequent use of a topicalizing device (e.g., As for me, I am a student).* In Ge's case, the topic marker was the invented (but copula-like) form “isa,” as in gow howm, isa plei da gerl [When we went home, we would visit ...
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... context, this simple, repeated picture description task seemed to catch him off guard, to trivialize the discussion. Consider, for example, Jim's much more fluent and ample narration of a traditional Cambodian story about “the good wife ...
... context, this simple, repeated picture description task seemed to catch him off guard, to trivialize the discussion. Consider, for example, Jim's much more fluent and ample narration of a traditional Cambodian story about “the good wife ...
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... contexts. Microcontextual features such as task environment or discourse context were in some studies examined carefully, but larger macrocontextual social, political, and cultural factors were often minimized. My study of Jim fits this ...
... contexts. Microcontextual features such as task environment or discourse context were in some studies examined carefully, but larger macrocontextual social, political, and cultural factors were often minimized. My study of Jim fits this ...
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... context of a study, and the analysis, interpretation, and reporting of results all depend on the central questions, the framing of the study, the traditions in the subfield, and the unit of analysis. My characterization of Jim mainly as ...
... context of a study, and the analysis, interpretation, and reporting of results all depend on the central questions, the framing of the study, the traditions in the subfield, and the unit of analysis. My characterization of Jim mainly as ...
Contents
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Chapter 2 Defining Describing and Defending Case Study Research | 21 |
Chapter 3 Examples of Case Studies in Applied Linguistics | 61 |
Chapter 4 How to Conduct Case Studies Part 1 | 99 |
Chapter 5 How to Conduct Case Studies Part 2 | 153 |
Chapter 6 Writing the Case Study Report | 181 |
References | 203 |
Author Index | 223 |
Subject Index | 229 |
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