SAS Research Training Programme 2020 /21 Term 2 (11 January – 26 March) Registration is now open for the School of Advanced Study free research training programme for Term 2. The programme provides free training on methods, skills, and current and emerging approaches to languages- and cultures-focused research. These sessions are open to researchers at all levels in the UK […]
Read moreThe Essential Guide to Doing Your Research Project FOURTH EDITION Zina O’Leary – The Australia and New Zealand School of Government The new edition of Zina O’Leary’s practical book is filled with guidance for tackling research in the real world, taking the reader through how to approach every stage of the research project. The new edition includes: Print and online […]
Read moreFacebook group Applied Linguistics Research Methods–Discussion shared a post: Types of Research Gaps Miles (2017) proposed a taxonomy of research gaps, built on the two previous models. It consist of seven core research gaps: (a) Evidence Gap; (b) Knowledge Gap; (c) Practical-Knowledge Conflict Gap; (d) Methodological Gap; (e) Empirical Gap; and (f) Theoretical Gap; (g) Population Gap.Source: Miles, D. A. (2017). […]
Read moreHere is the information about the pre-conference event for the Research SIG: The PCE is entitled ‘Conversations with a purpose: Reflecting on interviewing in EFL research’. It will take place on Tuesday, 12 April 2016 from 10.00-17.00 at the ICC in Birmingham. Dr Steve Mann from the University of Warwick will lead an interactive day on the use of interviews in EFL research. […]
Read moreThe conference run by the American Association of Applied Linguistics will take place in Orlando, Florida from 9-12 April, 2016. There was a lot of talk about both this and the TESOL Convention at IATEFL this year, and I got the impression that this one attracts mainly researchers whereas the TESOL convention attracts mainly practitioners. Anyhow here is some information and […]
Read moreContextualising Narrative Inquiry: Developing Methodlogical Approaches for Local Context Edited by Sheila Trahar Narrative inquiry is growing in popularity as a research methodology in the social sciences, medicine and the humanities. In narrative inquiry, the transparency of interactions between researcher and research participants, together with rich, contextual descriptions, help to shape and structure research texts rendering them engaging and readable. […]
Read moreThis quote caught my eye: “Time and memory are a fussy firm on interior decorators, always shifting the furniture about and redesigning and even reassigning rooms” (p.28) Banville, John (2012). Ancient Light. London: Viking/Penguin. A timely reminder, if ever we needed it, of the great importance of maintaining a Research(er) Journal THROUGHOUT the process and not rely on memory and […]
Read moreI’ve put together an annotated list of references on survey research, which I thought might be useful to some of the readers here as well. Comments are welcome; additional sources even more so. 🙂
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Read moreI enter into the discussion melee rather late in the game. I’m not a great blogger and end up lurking online bouncing between posts and forums. But I would like to (finally) add my thoughts on the discussion on reflective/reflexive area. Since I’m late in the conversation I won’t address the plethora of what’s been discussed in the previous 30 […]
Read moreThis post is partly motivated by the fact that the original reflexivity thread has grown rather too long, and partly by the need for me to make a ‘new beginning’ as regards my understanding of what reflexivity is and how it bears on my research. I am conscious that my current understanding diverges somewhat from the direction in which the […]
Read moreGreetings to you all! Now that the summer is here most of us, I suspect, are either: a) buried under the pile of reading for a dissertation/abstract/research b) teaching / working crazy hours during the summer to make ends meet for the fall c) procrastinating by doing anything (i.e. online shopping, lurking on Facebook, blogging here) other than researching d) […]
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