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Small Samples in Instructed Second Language Acquisition Research
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Loewen, Shawn; Hui, Bronson – Modern Language Journal, 2021
This commentary discusses the issue of small samples in instructed second language acquisition research. We discuss the current state of affairs, and consider the disadvantages of small samples. We also explore other considerations regarding sample size, such as research ethics and ecological validity. We present a range of recommendations for…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Sample Size, Language Research
Mobile Language Learning: More than Just "The Platform"
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Ballance, Oliver James – Language Learning & Technology, 2012
Mobile-assisted language learning (MALL) is attracting a great deal of attention at present (Stockwell & Sotillo, 2011). However, it is important that teacher and researcher exploitation of technological developments be guided by more than just enthusiasm. "Language Learning & Technology's" commitment to empirical studies is admirable but, for…
Descriptors: Telecommunications, Electronic Learning, Research Design, Computer Assisted Instruction
Overgeneralization from a Narrow Focus: A Response to Ellis et al. (2008) and Bitchener (2008)
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Xu, Cuiqin – Journal of Second Language Writing, 2009
This paper presents a critical analysis of two recent studies on error correction, Ellis, Sheen, Murakami, and Takashima (2008) and Bitchener (2008) and argues that neither study constitutes evidence for error correction based on discussion of the comparability of participants, design issues, and analysis flaws in both studies. The paper further…
Descriptors: Criticism, Error Correction, Research Design, Teaching Methods
Review of Doctoral Research in Second-Language Teaching and Learning in England (2006)
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Marsden, Emma; Graham, Suzanne – Language Teaching, 2009
Using the British "Index to Theses", we found forty-seven Ph.D.s relating to second and foreign language learning and/or teaching defended in English universities in 2006. Objective criteria led us to fourteen theses which had investigated both teaching and learning. Over half of these adopted a process-product research design with the…
Descriptors: Research Design, Second Language Learning, Validity, Foreign Countries
"Inside the Black Box" Revisited: Toward the Integration of Naturalistic Inquiry in Classroom Research on Foreign Language Learning.
Loughrin-Sacco, Steven J. – Polylingua, 1990
Long's article "Inside the Black Box" postulated that what happens inside the classroom is the most important factor in student performance. Here, Long's findings are reexamined, the benefits of more naturalistic inquiry are discussed, and a balanced qualitative and quantitative approach toward classroom foreign language learning research is…
Descriptors: Classroom Research, Language Research, Naturalistic Observation, Research Design
Proceedings of the National Conference on Professional Priorities. [Research.]
American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages, Hastings-on-Hudson, NY. – 1981
The following papers on research in foreign language are presented: (1) "Research and Design," by Thomas C. Cooper; (2) "Action Research versus Needed Research for the 1980s," by Gilbert A. Jarvis; and (3) "Second Language Acquisition Research: Needs and Priorities," by Stephen D. Krashen. The first paper discusses three research procedures…
Descriptors: Classroom Research, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Learning Processes