1st Edition

Doing Replication Research in Applied Linguistics

By Graeme Porte, Kevin McManus Copyright 2019
    190 Pages
    by Routledge

    190 Pages
    by Routledge

    Doing Replication Research in Applied Linguistics is the only book available to specifically discuss the applied aspects of how to carry out replication studies in Applied Linguistics. This text takes the reader from seeking out a suitable study for replication, through deciding on the most valuable form of replication approach, to its execution, discussion, and writing up for publication. A step-by-step decision-making approach to the activities guides the reader through the replication research process from the initial search for a target study to replicate, through the setting up, execution, analysis, and dissemination of the finished work.

    Contents

    1

    Introduction: Why replication research matters

    2

    Finding a study to replicate: Background research

    3

    Planning your replication research project

    4

    What kind of replication should you do? From the inside, looking out: initial critique and internal replication

    5

    What kind of replication should you do? From the outside, looking in

    6

    Executing and writing up your replication study: Research questions and methodology

    7

    Executing and writing up your replication study: Analysis, Results, Discussion and Conclusion

    8

    Disseminating your research

    9

    Epilogue

    Biography

    Graeme Porte is Senior Lecturer in English Language and Applied Linguistics at the University of Granada, Spain. He has been Editor of the Cambridge University Press journal Language Teaching for 15 years and lectures and writes on quantitative research methods with a particular emphasis on research critique and replication research.

    Kevin McManus is Watz Early Career Professor in Language and Linguistics, Associate Director of the Center for Language Acquisition, and Assistant Professor of Applied Linguistics at the Pennsylvania State University, USA. His research specializations include second language learning and teaching, psycholinguistics, research methodology, and replication research.