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 linguistics research methods texts that guide one through the case study process. This book fills that gap. The volume provides an overview of case study methodology and examples of published case studies in applied linguistics, without attempting to be a comprehensive survey of the innumerable case studies that exist. The case studies presented here involve teachers and learners of English and various other languages in North America and other parts of the world. Advice is also given about how to conduct and publish case studies. Case Study Research in Applied Linguistics is designed for students, both undergraduate and graduate, as well as other scholars seeking to understand case study methods and their applications in research on language learners and language users in a variety of contexts. Applied linguists working in other subfields will find the volume useful in their own research and in their supervision and evaluation of others' case studies. |
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... approaches to research , but notes that the aim and practice of the former approach ( i.e. , his own approach ) “ has been to base case study research within the framework of the scientific method to develop hypotheses , collect ...
... approach to linguistic interviewing draws more on Labov's ( 1966 ) classic work using personal , sometimes affectively charged , nar- ratives of past events primarily , particularly for studies of phonological variation , tense - aspect ...
... approaches are not mutually exclusive . Perhaps the most telling research includes measured amounts of all three , typically domi- nated by the first approach , although writers are experimenting across genres nowadays . In applied ...
Contents
Defining Describing and Defending Case Study | 21 |
Examples of Case Studies in Applied Linguistics | 61 |
How to Conduct Case Studies Part 1 | 99 |
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