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Are Yes-or-No Questions Really Unhelpful? A Reflection from the Perspective of Decolonizing Methodology in Researching Multilingualism
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Sixuan Wang; Yongyan Zheng – International Journal of Multilingualism, 2025
Drawing on the perspective of decolonizing methodology, this paper problematises the conventional interview technique of avoiding yes-or-no questions introduced by handbooks of research methods in applied linguistics. By demonstrating how this interview technique was found unsuitable in the first author's ethnographic study of multilingualism with…
Descriptors: Questioning Techniques, Language Research, Decolonization, Research Methodology
Decolonizing the Curricula of an English Teacher Preparation Program: An Exploration of U.S. Short Stories in the Global South
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Marisol Massó – Curriculum Journal, 2024
Literature in English as a Foreign Language (EFL) contexts is used for language development and intercultural understanding. However, the role of literature, specifically short stories (SSs), in shaping cultural representations of the U.S. in EFL teacher preparation programs (TPPs) remains unclear. This study examines how U.S. SSs in an English…
Descriptors: Literary Genres, English (Second Language), Language Acquisition, Multicultural Education