Research methods / methodology Books

Book SynopsisA guide to research methods for undergraduate and postgraduate students in applied linguistics and language studies. It includes: qualitative and quantitative methods; research techniques and approaches; ethical considerations; sample studies; a glossary of key terms; and, resources for students.Trade ReviewThe collection is recommended not only to the students who are its intended readership, but also to supervisors of specific topics and to lecturers on research methods wanting up-to-date summaries. -- Discourse Studies... this is a really welcome book: engaging, readable, personable, accessible, useful, and interesting. I would certainly recommend it to beginner research students. -- ELT Journal, Vol. 65, No. 4This important volume, the work of a diverse group of experienced researchers, introduces beginning researchers to the available resources on research approaches to language teaching and learning...it is an excellent companion to anyone interested in doing research in Applied Linguistics. The book is relevant to students as well as experienced researchers as, apart from succinctly describing principal concepts in research methodology, it also provides references useful for further investigation...The key issues and sociolinguistic areas relevant to research methods are clearly addressed in the Companion, making it an invaluable resource for language teaching and learning. The strength of the Companion is in the clear and cohesive structure of both parts of the volume, the clarity of style consistent throughout, and practical illustrations make the book a very valuable and motivating read. * Australian Review of Applied Linguistics *Table of ContentsList of contributors; 1. Introduction, Brian Paltridge and Aek Phakiti (University of Sydney, Australia); Part I: Research methods and approaches; 2. Experimental research, Susan Gass (Michigan State University, USA); 3. Survey research, Elvis Wagner (Columbia Teachers' College, USA); 4. Analysing quantitative data, Aek Phakiti (University of Sydney, Australia); 5. Ethnographies, Sue Starfield (University of New South Wales, Australia); 6. Case studies, Christine Pearson Casanave (Temple University, Tokyo); 7. Action research, Anne Burns (Macquarie University, Australia); 8. Analysing qualitative data, Adrian Holliday (Christ Church University, UK); 9. Research syntheses, Lourdes Ortega (University of Hawa'ii, USA); 10. Critical research in applied linguistics, Steven Talmy (University of British Columbia, Canada); Part II: Areas of research; 11. Researching speaking, Rebecca Hughes (University of Nottingham, UK); 12. Researching listening, Larry Vandergrift (University of Ottawa, Canada); 13. Researching reading, Marie Stevenson (University of Sydney, Australia); 14. Researching writing, Ken Hyland (University of London, UK); 15. Researching grammar, Neomy Storch (University of Melbourne, Australia); 16. Researching vocabulary, David Hirsh (University of Sydney, Australia); 17. Researching pragmatics, Carsten Roever (University of Melbourne, Australia); 18. Researching discourse, Brian Paltridge and Wei Wang (University of Sydney, Australia); 19. Researching language classrooms, Lesley Harbon and Huizhong Shen (University of Sydney, Australia); 20. Researching language testing, John Read (University of Auckland, New Zealand); 21. Researching motivation, Lindy Woodrow (University of Sydney, Australia); 22. Researching language and gender, Jane Sunderland (Lancaster University, UK); 23. Researching language and identity, David Block (University of London, UK); Glossary of key research terms; Index.

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Book SynopsisLinda Sandino is the CCW/V&A Senior Research Fellow at Victoria & Albert Museum, London, UK.Matthew Partington is the V&A Museum Senior Research Fellow (Applied Arts) at the University of West England and a Research Fellow at the Victoria & Albert Museum, London, UK.Trade ReviewA good introduction to various subjects relating to the function and use of oral history from the 20th and early 21st centuries. * Textile Research Centre *Oral History in the Visual Arts deliberately disrupts, unsettles and pivots the discourse on how both visual and intellectual observation functions; it opens up new possibilities in the ways in which the small stories of verbal communication transact with and reframe visual production. * Fashion, Society & Popular Culture *Table of ContentsIntroduction: Oral History in and about Art, Craft and Design - Linda Sandino, V&A/CCW Graduate School, University of the Arts London, UK Part One: Arts Practices The Body Event: Voice and Recorded Histories in the Creation of a Sound Installation Based on the Ideas of the Work of Artist John Latham - David Toop, sound artist and writer, UK De Mudder Tongue: Oral History Work as an Arts Practice - Michael Mcmillan, artist, writer and curator, UK Private Voices and Public Places: Using Oral Histories in Site-specific Text-based Art - Bettina Furnée, artist and Ian Horton, University of the Arts London, UK Chronicle from the Field - Alexandra Handal, artist, UK History in the Making; the Use of Talk in Inter-disciplinary Collaborative Craft Practice - David Gates, , furniture maker, UK Part Two: Histories On Quality: Curators at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, (1935-2010) - Richard Cándida Smith, University of California, Berkeley, USA Voices in Art History - Liz Bruchet, Association of Art Historians, UK Speaking of Craft: The Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America - Liza Kirwin, Smithsonian's Archives of American Art, USA The Museum as a Work of Art: Interviewing Museum Architects, Engineers, and Builders - Anne Ritchie, National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C., USA Oral History Work with Tibetan and Nepalese Metalworkers, (1986-1991) - John Clarke, Victoria & Albert Museum, UK The Death of Small Things: The Cork Craftsman's Guild (1973-1984) - Eleanor Flegg, freelance writer and broadcaster, Ireland Part Three: Identities The Craft of Conversation: Oral History and Lesbian Feminist Art Practice - Ann Cvetkovich, University of Texas at Austin, USA Crafty Chats or Whose Craft is It Anyway? Domestic Discourse and Making Marginality Matter - Jo Turney, Bath Spa University, UK Feedsack Fashion in Rural Appalachia: a Social History of Women's Experiences in Ashe County, North Carolina, (1929-1956) - Natalya Buckel, independentscholar, USA Covering Up - Claire Wilcox, Victoria & Albert Museum, UK From Punk to the Hijab: Women's Embodied Dress as Performative Resistance, 1970s to the Present - Shehnaz Suterwalla, Royal College of Art, UK Becoming an Artist: Life Histories and Visual Images - Maria Tamboukou, University of East London, UK and Gali Weiss, artist, Melbourne, Australia Narratives in Practice: the Small and Big Stories of Design - Arlene Oak, University of Alberta, Canada Conclusion: Oral History and Research Ethics in the Visual Arts: Current and Future Challenges - Matthew Partington, University of the West of England, Bristol, UK

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