Narrative Inquiry in Language Teaching and Leaing Research (Second Language Acquisition Research Series)

by: Gary Barkhuizen (Author),Phil Benson(Author),Alice Chik(Author)&0more

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Edition: 2nd

Publication Date: 2024/8/30

Language: English

Print Length: 182 pages

ISBN-10: 1032411287

ISBN-13: 9781032411286

Book Description

Narrative Inquiry in Language Teaching and Leaing Research is the only entry-level introduction to research methods using stories, either as data or as a means of presenting findings, and a practical guide for those interested in carrying out narrative studies.This successful text is grounded in published empirical research within the field of language teaching and leaing and clearly defines basic concepts in narrative inquiry, explaining how and why narrative methods have been used in language teaching and leaing research and outlining different choices and approaches. It also examines the different ways of eliciting, analyzing, and presenting narrative inquiry data, which offers exciting prospects for language teaching and leaing research. This second edition has been fully revised and updated to reflect the latest research and includes new sections on multimodal digital narrative research and the reporting of findings in dissertations and theses.This original and well-respected textbook is an ideal course book for specialist courses on narrative inquiry in language teaching and leaing. It is an excellent entry-level text for undergraduate students preparing honours projects, postgraduate masters’ and doctoral students embarking on narrative projects, and more advanced researchers seeking to understand the role of narrative inquiry in language teaching and leaing research. It is also the go-to choice as a reference on narrative in more general applied linguistics research methodology courses.

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Narrative Inquiry in Language Teaching and Leaing Research is the only entry-level introduction to research methods using stories, either as data or as a means of presenting findings, and a practical guide for those interested in carrying out narrative studies.This successful text is grounded in published empirical research within the field of language teaching and leaing and clearly defines basic concepts in narrative inquiry, explaining how and why narrative methods have been used in language teaching and leaing research and outlining different choices and approaches. It also examines the different ways of eliciting, analyzing, and presenting narrative inquiry data, which offers exciting prospects for language teaching and leaing research. This second edition has been fully revised and updated to reflect the latest research and includes new sections on multimodal digital narrative research and the reporting of findings in dissertations and theses.This original and well-respected textbook is an ideal course book for specialist courses on narrative inquiry in language teaching and leaing. It is an excellent entry-level text for undergraduate students preparing honours projects, postgraduate masters’ and doctoral students embarking on narrative projects, and more advanced researchers seeking to understand the role of narrative inquiry in language teaching and leaing research. It is also the go-to choice as a reference on narrative in more general applied linguistics research methodology courses.