Experimental Research Methods in Language Learning / Aek Phakiti.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Phakiti, Aek, author.

Series:

Research methods in linguistics.

Research methods in linguistics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Language acquisition--Research--Methodology.

Language acquisition.

Second language acquisition--Research--Methodology.

Second language acquisition.

Bilingualism in children--Research--Methodology.

Bilingualism in children.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (381 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Bloomsbury Academic, [2015]

Language Note:

English

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

"Language learning research aims to describe and fully explain how and why language learning takes place, but can fall short of its stated purpose. Systematic, rigorous research is needed if the growing field of language learning is to progress methodically. This book demonstrates and fully explains such a methodology. Given that research in language acquisition yields practical pedagogical implications, it is crucial that it is rigorous and accurate. This book offers a quantitative research methodology that relies on statistical analysis in order to make inferences and conclusions about language learning. Experimental research aims to understand differences between or within groups of learners under manipulated environments. It requires strict control of conditions, enabling interpretations with a low factor of error. Aek Phakiti provides step-by-step guidelines and underlying principles, epistemology and methodology, in a book that is essential for advanced students of language acquisition and language and education."--Bloomsbury Publishing.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note:

Preface

Acknowledgments

1. Introduction and Overview

2. Experimental Research Basics

3. Experimental Research Paradigms and Processes

4. Experimental Research Designs

5. Validity in Experimental Research

6. Ethical Consideration in Experimental Research

7. Quantitative Research Instruments and Techniques

8. A Hybrid Approach for Experimental Research

9. Introduction to Descriptive Statistics

10. Introduction to Inferential Statistics

11. Correlational Analysis

12. Reliability and Reliability Analysis

13. Paired-Samples and Independent-Samples t-tests for Experimental Research

14. Analyses of Variance (ANOVA)

15. Non-parametric Versions of T-tests and ANOVAs

16. Experimental Research ProposalsGlossary of Key Terms in Language Learning Research

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781441122407

1441122400

9781472593566

1472593561

9781441197931

1441197931

OCLC:

1162868656