Current Trends in Research Methodology and Statistics in Applied Linguistics

2000 ◽  
Vol 34 (1) ◽  
pp. 175 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anne Lazaraton
Keyword(s):  
Research Methodology ◽  
Applied Linguistics ◽  
Current Trends

scholarly journals Book Review: Contemporary Language Motivation Theory – 60 Years Since Gardner and Lambert (1959) by Ali H. Al-Hoorie and Peter D. MacIntyre

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 118-123
Author(s):  
Dorota Záborská
Keyword(s):  
Social Psychology ◽  
Second Language Acquisition ◽  
Graduate Students ◽  
Applied Linguistics ◽  
Seminal Paper ◽  
Current Trends ◽  
L2 Motivation ◽  
Fertile Ground ◽  
Wide Readership

Whether it is a truism or a cliché, we stand on the shoulders of giants. Professor Robert Gardner is certainly one of them. The year 2019 marked 60 years since the publication of his seminal paper, Motivational Variables in Second Language Acquisition, written together with Wallace E. Lambert and published in the Canadian Journal of Psychology in 1959. The paper is widely acknowledged as the beginning of L2 motivation research, and to borrow Dörnyei’s words introducing this anthology, “[it] is not only important because it was a historical milestone and offered fertile ground in which subsequent research could grow, but also because it is still relevant” (Dörnyei, 2020, p. xxi). Having Dörnyei’s blessing, and with the caliber of contributors in this anthology, the relevance of Gardner’s legacy of research is without question. In this festschrift, editors Ali H. Al-Hoorie and Peter D. MacIntyre bring together twenty-six scholars in the fields of applied linguistics, social psychology, and sociology to honor the career and research contributions of Robert Gardner. Each contribution connects to, develops, and builds upon the ideas of Gardner and Lambert, and links them to current trends and developments related to contemporary language motivation research. Thus, this collection of papers will delight and catch the attention of a wide readership from graduate students to practitioners to established researchers alike.

scholarly journals Creating the Authorial Self in Academic Texts: Evidence From the Expert’s Style of Writing

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 69-94
Author(s):  
Tatiana Szczygłowska
Keyword(s):  
Research Methodology ◽  
Applied Linguistics ◽  
Effective Management ◽  
Academic Texts ◽  
Academic Writer ◽  
Novice Writers ◽  
Style Of Writing

This paper reports on an analysis of stance expressions in a 439,490-word corpus of Ken Hyland’s academic prose, encompassing 64 single-authored texts from journals, edited collections and his own monographs. Using WordSmith Tools 6.0, the study aims to find out how this expert academic writer creates his authorial self through stance mechanisms. The results reveal that Hyland’s authorial participation in his discourse is mostly manifested through hedges, somewhat less definitely through boosters, but relatively infrequently by attitude markers and self-mention. The choice of the specific stance devices indicates a preference for detached objectivity when formulating empirically verifiable propositions and a shift towards subjectivity when referring to discourse acts and research methodology. These findings contribute to our understanding of stance-taking expertise in applied linguistics and may thus assist novice writers in the field in a more effective management of their own performance of self in academic prose.

scholarly journals A Stylistic Analysis of The Good-Morrow by John Donne

2020 ◽  
Vol V (III) ◽  
pp. 258-266
Author(s):  
Noveen Javed ◽  
Ezzah Shakil ◽  
Fiza Ali Beenish
Keyword(s):  
Research Methodology ◽  
Applied Linguistics ◽  
John Donne ◽  
Literary Texts ◽  
Stylistic Analysis ◽  
English Poetry ◽  
Central Concept ◽  
Linguistic Style ◽  
Basic Theme ◽  
Elements Of Style

The present paper aims to analyze John Donne's poem "The Good-Morrow" stylistically. Being a branch of applied linguistics, Stylistics scrutinizes the literary and non-literary texts in terms of their tonal and linguistic style. Donne's poem, being rich in hyperboles and conceits, depicts the universal theme of undying love where Donne welcomes new dawn and is optimistic for upcoming years of adoration and is exuberant over the magical union of two soulmates. The paper in hand adopts the stylistic analysis as a research methodology to unveil the basic theme of the poem and analyses the poem on the grammatical, phonological and graphological levels. The theoretical framework incorporates the main tenets of Geoffrey N. Leech (1969) from his well-known work "A Linguistic Guide to English Poetry", and also this work focuses on the notions of Mick Short (1996). Stylistic analysis of the chosen poem portrays how the poet, via the use of striking stylistic devices, communicates the central concept of the poem and how the poet has adorned the poem with various elements of style on the levels of grammar phon and graphology.

scholarly journals Methodological Diversity in Emotions Research: Reflexivity and Identities

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 83-105
Author(s):  
Masuko Miyahara
Keyword(s):  
Language Learning ◽  
Empirical Research ◽  
Research Methodology ◽  
Applied Linguistics ◽  
Learning Experiences ◽  
Research Process ◽  
Methodological Issues ◽  
Basic Understanding ◽  
Learning Research ◽  
Conducting Research

In this first issue of The Journal for the Psychology of Language Learning, this paper discusses some of methodological issues surrounding research methodology on emotions in the field of applied linguistics and language learning research. The aim of this paper is to develop a basic understanding and awareness of the challenges and issues involved in conducting research on emotions by bringing the notion of researcher’s reflexivity to the forefront. Studies on researcher’s reflexivity in any empirical research is nothing new, but how it is actually incorporated and manifested in the research process is a fairly neglected matter. The purpose of this paper is thus to pursue this matter by revisiting one of author’s previous research that explores emotions in conjunction with its related and intertwining factors such as identity, L2 self, positionality and learners’ language learning experiences.

RESEARCHING AND APPLYING METAPHOR. Lynn Cameron and Graham Low (Eds.). New York: Cambridge University Press, 1999. Pp. 311. $59.95 cloth, $22.95 paper.

2003 ◽  
Vol 25 (3) ◽  
pp. 459-459
Author(s):  
Claire Kramsch
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Research Methodology ◽  
Applied Linguistics ◽  
Sociocultural Context ◽  
Making Meaning ◽  
Cambridge University ◽  
Written Sources

Whether they are collecting data from spoken or written sources, learners or teachers, English corpora or academic essays, or talk about disease and illness, applied linguists are confronted with the pervasive use of metaphor. Metaphor, as a mode of talk and thought, is a way of making meaning that is particularly linked to the sociocultural context. What counts as a metaphor? How can we operationalize, analyze, and categorize it? What research methodology is best suited for the study of metaphor? Cameron and Low's timely collection of papers is a first attempt to put metaphor research on the map of applied linguistics.

scholarly journals Current Trends in Research in Language Education and Applied Linguistics

2022 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-4
Author(s):  
Jean-Marc Dewaele ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Applied Linguistics ◽  
Language Education ◽  
Current Trends ◽  
Citation Indexes ◽  
The One ◽  
The Right

It is notoriously difficult to pick up new trends in language education and applied linguistics. It is a little bit like trying to distinguish a network of footpaths in misty conditions in order to find the one that leads to the mountain top. The view is always incomplete, the ones that seem to be pointing in the right direction might veer off behind the next boulder, and the largest path with most walkers might be interrupted by a landslide, forcing people to scatter and find alternative paths. There is inevitably a belief of researchers that the path they are on is trendy and original. Only years later will this belief be dis/confirmed when a tally can be made through citation indexes of the popularity of that particular path.

scholarly journals An empirical approach to the regulation of regional economic interaction systems

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (Extra-C) ◽  
pp. 439-450
Author(s):  
Vladimir Alexandrovich Slepov ◽  
Mikhail Evgenievich Kosov ◽  
Andrew Evgenyevich Zotov ◽  
Sergey Yuryevich Popkov ◽  
Sergey Rafailovich Shibaev
Keyword(s):  
Research Methodology ◽  
Government Regulation ◽  
Statistical Data ◽  
Public Procurement ◽  
Theoretical Interpretation ◽  
Fiscal Policies ◽  
Current Trends ◽  
Practical Research ◽  
Economic Interaction ◽  
High Degree

The modern type of regulation adopted in most countries is a Keynesian-monetarist synthesis that combines monetary and fiscal policies, public procurement mechanisms, public entrepreneurship, and other forms of government regulation. The totality and combination of these elements form a certain model of regulation of the market economy, which depends on the state of the national economy, the solution of social problems, and the international situation. In the conducted scientific and practical research, based on the statistical analysis of current trends in the development of states and the management system, the choice of the optimal model for the implementation of economic policy has been shown. The research methodology has been based on a structured model based on quantitative (statistical data) and qualitative indicators for the correct theoretical interpretation of the research results and key metrics, variables in the study. The key result of the study was the conclusion about the correctness and high degree of significance of the use, the described research methodology, and the conclusions about the key dependencies based on the results of the analysis.

scholarly journals Literacies in Times of Crisis: A Trioethnography on Affective and Transgressive Practices

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 333-369
Author(s):  
Brian Morgan ◽  
Cláudia Hilsdorf Rocha ◽  
Ruberval Franco Maciel
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Education ◽  
Research Methodology ◽  
Final Section ◽  
Social Power ◽  
Applied Linguistics ◽  
Language And Literacy ◽  
Critical Research ◽  
Language Teacher Education ◽  
Research And Teaching ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities

ABSTRACT Utilizing duoethnography (NORRIS; SAWYER, 2012), the authors explore challenges and opportunities for critical language teaching in times of crisis. Following a brief introduction of research methodology, the authors’ trioethnography dialogically examines three topical areas of particular concern in Brazil and Canada: 1. The potency of affect and its relevance for applied linguistics and language teacher education; 2. The re-emergence of “literacy wars” in education, with attention to their ideological and epistemological interconnections to social power relations; 3. Emerging implications for language and literacy pedagogies in which the authors share classroom experiences and transgressive strategies informed by plurilingual and affective insights. The complexity and variety of settings discussed in this final section help promote the possibilities for critical research and teaching in these difficult and dangerous times.

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