Research Methods in Second Language Acquisition: A Practical Guide

1 Introduction 1
Alison Mackey and Susan M. Gass

Part I Data Types 5

2 How to Use Foreign and Second Language Learner Corpora 7
Sylviane Granger

3 Formal Theory-Based Methodologies 30
Tania Ionin

4 Instructed Second Language Acquisition 53
Shawn Loewen and Jenefer Philp

5 How to Design and Analyze Surveys in Second Language Acquisition Research 74
Zoltán Dörnyei and Kata Csizér

6 How to Carry Out Case Study Research 95
Patricia A. Duff

7 How to Use Psycholinguistic Methodologies for Comprehension and Production 117
Kim McDonough and Pavel Trofimovich

8 How to Research Second Language Writing 139
Charlene Polio

9 How to Do Research on Second Language Reading 158
Keiko Koda

10 How to Collect and Analyze Qualitative Data 180
Debra A. Friedman

Part II Data Coding, Analysis, and Replication 201

11 Coding Second Language Data Validly and Reliably 203
Andrea Révész

12 Coding Qualitative Data 222
Melissa Baralt

13 How to Run Statistical Analyses 245
Jenifer Larson-Hall

14 How to Do a Meta-Analysis 275
Luke Plonsky and Frederick L. Oswald

15 Why, When, and How to Replicate Research 296
Rebekha Abbuhl

Index 313