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Mahmoud M. S. Abdallah – Online Submission, 2025
This guide offers a comprehensive handbook to scientific research methodology and experimental design, specifically for novice MA and PhD researchers in Education and Language Learning (TESOL/TEFL). It establishes scientific research as a systematic, objective inquiry focused on identifying cause-and-effect relationships through empirical data.…
Descriptors: Scientific Research, Research Methodology, Research Design, Second Language Learning
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Rankin, Tom; Unsworth, Sharon – Second Language Research, 2016
A generative approach to language acquisition is no different from any other in assuming that target language input is crucial for language acquisition. This discussion note addresses the place of input in generative second language acquisition (SLA) research and the perception in the wider field of SLA research that generative SLA…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Language Research, Linguistic Theory, Linguistic Input
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Norris, John M.; Plonsky, Luke; Ross, Steven J.; Schoonen, Rob – Language Learning, 2015
Adequate reporting of quantitative research about language learning involves careful consideration of the logic, rationale, and actions underlying both study designs and the ways in which data are analyzed. These guidelines, commissioned and vetted by the board of directors of "Language Learning," outline the basic expectations for…
Descriptors: Guidelines, Second Language Learning, Language Research, Statistical Analysis
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Hancock, Gregory R.; Schoonen, Rob – Language Learning, 2015
Although classical statistical techniques have been a valuable tool in second language (L2) research, L2 research questions have started to grow beyond those techniques' capabilities, and indeed are often limited by them. Questions about how complex constructs relate to each other or to constituent subskills, about longitudinal development in…
Descriptors: Structural Equation Models, Language Research, Second Language Learning, Statistical Analysis
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Linck, Jared A.; Cunnings, Ian – Language Learning, 2015
Second language acquisition researchers often face particular challenges when attempting to generalize study findings to the wider learner population. For example, language learners constitute a heterogeneous group, and it is not always clear how a study's findings may generalize to other individuals who may differ in terms of language background…
Descriptors: Research Methodology, Language Research, Language Proficiency, Second Language Learning
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Boulton, Alex – Research-publishing.net, 2016
Good practice in primary research has evolved over many decades of research in applied linguistics to counter human fallibility and biases. Surprisingly, perhaps, synthesising such research in an entire field has only recently started to develop its own methodologies and recommendations. This paper outlines some of the issues involved, especially…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Second Language Learning, Statistical Analysis, Meta Analysis
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Larson-Hall, Jenifer; Plonsky, Luke – Language Learning, 2015
This paper presents a set of guidelines for reporting on five types of quantitative data issues: (1) Descriptive statistics, (2) Effect sizes and confidence intervals, (3) Instrument reliability, (4) Visual displays of data, and (5) Raw data. Our recommendations are derived mainly from various professional sources related to L2 research but…
Descriptors: Guidelines, Statistical Analysis, Language Research, Second Language Learning
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Javidanmehr, Zahra; Anani Sarab, Mohammad Reza – International Journal of Language Testing, 2017
Cognitive Diagnostic Assessment (CDA) is a type of educational assessment that is designed to measure specific knowledge structures and processing skills in students so as to provide information about their cognitive strengths and weaknesses (Leighton & Gierl, 2007). CDA has been instrumental in turning the attention of practitioners to more…
Descriptors: Cognitive Tests, Diagnostic Tests, Educational Assessment, Second Language Learning
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Purpura, James E.; Brown, James Dean; Schoonen, Rob – Language Learning, 2015
In empirical applied linguistics research it is essential that the key variables are operationalized in a valid and reliable way, and that the scores are treated appropriately, allowing for a proper testing of the hypotheses under investigation. The current article addresses several theoretical and practical issues regarding the use of measurement…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Language Research, Statistical Analysis, Validity
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Wang, Xianghua; Li, Wenxiu – International Education Studies, 2016
The foreign students' education has a great influence on the internationalization of higher education and the reputation of university. Since the 21st century, the foreign students' education has developed rapidly and has been extending continuously in Shandong Province. However, a series of problems still exist, such as the imperfect of the…
Descriptors: Foreign Students, Asians, International Education, Foreign Countries
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Schlabach, Joachim – Language Learning in Higher Education, 2016
Plurilingual skills are among the key skills required in international business communication. Employees working in international business operations use multiple languages concurrently, switch between them, and mediate between different languages and cultures. Up until now however, the language teaching accompanying business studies at…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, International Trade
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McCarthy, Michael – Language Teaching, 2016
This lecture considers what reference and pedagogical grammars and grammar teaching materials for L2 learners should ideally include, based on corpus evidence from both native-speaker and learner corpora. I demonstrate how learner corpora can be used to track the emergence of grammatical features, from the elementary level to advanced, how…
Descriptors: Grammar, Computational Linguistics, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language)
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Ferrer, Erica; Pérez, Yuddy – Latin American Journal of Content and Language Integrated Learning, 2017
Program evaluation is a process of carefully collecting information in order to make informed decisions to strengthen specific components of a given program. The type of evaluation an institution decides to undertake depends on the purpose as well as on the information the institution wants to find out about its program. Self-evaluation represents…
Descriptors: Health Sciences, English for Special Purposes, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Cunnings, Ian – Second Language Research, 2012
As in any field of scientific inquiry, advancements in the field of second language acquisition (SLA) rely in part on the interpretation and generalizability of study findings using quantitative data analysis and inferential statistics. While statistical techniques such as ANOVA and t-tests are widely used in second language research, this review…
Descriptors: Language Research, Second Languages, Data Analysis, Researchers
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Zhang, George X. – Language Learning in Higher Education, 2014
British higher education is becoming more and more market-driven following the increase in tuition fees in 2012. As a result, universities need to respond more readily to the market, and student demand and the high employability of graduates are now a priority for most universities. With the growing importance of Asian economies in the new age of…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Chinese, Global Approach
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