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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... cultural events with his family. He was part of a small, rather fragile community of Cambodian refugees who had recently arrived in Canada. Like many of them, he was anxious about not having had any contact with, or news from, relatives ...
... cultural events with his family. He was part of a small, rather fragile community of Cambodian refugees who had recently arrived in Canada. Like many of them, he was anxious about not having had any contact with, or news from, relatives ...
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... cultural factors were often minimized. My study of Jim fits this characterization, as a functional analysis of his oral production (and inferred development or acquisition) of particular constructions or forms over time, and the ...
... cultural factors were often minimized. My study of Jim fits this characterization, as a functional analysis of his oral production (and inferred development or acquisition) of particular constructions or forms over time, and the ...
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... cultural, political, and even economic dimensions of his life and his language learning were not fully explored because linguistic issues were of central concern to me and the SLA field (at that time). Regrettably, I was unable to ...
... cultural, political, and even economic dimensions of his life and his language learning were not fully explored because linguistic issues were of central concern to me and the SLA field (at that time). Regrettably, I was unable to ...
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... culture, and thus to serve as a guide to efforts to emancipate its members from those forms of oppression” (Gall, Gall and Borg, 2003, p. 622). † To my surprise, the content of Jim's life history narratives changed quite dramatically ...
... culture, and thus to serve as a guide to efforts to emancipate its members from those forms of oppression” (Gall, Gall and Borg, 2003, p. 622). † To my surprise, the content of Jim's life history narratives changed quite dramatically ...
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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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