{"product_id":"research-methods-for-understanding-child-second-language-development-9780367417017","title":"Research Methods for Understanding Child Second","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eButler and Huang's book is one of the first to focus on second language (L2) development research methods and techniques specifically targeted at children of primary and pre-primary years.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe last decade has seen a growing number of L2 studies of children aged 412, a demographic with special developmental characteristics that confound research methods designed for studying adults. Written by experts from a variety of disciplines, this book covers major research methods and techniques in existing L2 development research, including observations, surveys, interviews, introspective methods, speech production methods, receptive methods, eye tracking, and brain imaging, as well as research methods specifically designed for L2 children with special educational needs. The book also discusses various age-related considerations and challenges if they are employed to young L2 learners.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis will be essential reading for SLA, child development, and TESOL researchers, and students i\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe potential of this book is enormous. No longer can L2 researchers claim ignorance to the nuances and challenges of working with younger learners, a population so often overlooked. Yuko Butler and Becky Huang’s volume, and the entire cast of contributors, deftly guides us on a full spectrum of methodological approaches and the myriad issues we are likely to encounter in conducting research with children. It’s now up to us—the L2 research community—to step up and to put in to practice the time- and experience-tested techniques described herein. And I very much hope we will. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e(Luke Plonsky, Northern Arizona University)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book is a gem for researchers of children’s L2 development! It offers wise guidance across a wealth of methods, from ethnography and interviews, to eye-tracking and brain imaging, and a lot more. With its exciting selection of authors and its comprehensive coverage, this is the ideal textbook for a research methods course focusing on L2 children populations. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e(Lourdes Ortega, Georgetown University) \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn an increasingly bilingual world with more and more children growing up exposed to an additional language either at birth or as young as age 2-5, this long-needed volume will make a very timely and notable contribution to the field of child L2 acquisition. With its different chapters discussing, in a highly accessible fashion, a variety of research methods in reference to the relevant theoretical framework behind them, the book will serve as an excellent resource for both novice and expert researchers interested in identifying intricate issues in child L2 development. I strongly recommend it. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e(Ayşe Gürel, Bogazici University)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 1 Introduction: Researching Child Second Language Development (Becky H. Huang \u0026amp; Yuko Goto Butler)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 2 Observation and ethnographic methods for researching young learners (Peter Sayer \u0026amp; Susan Ataei)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 3 Surveys and questionnaires with young language learners (Emiko Hirosawa \u0026amp; W. L. Quint Oga-Baldwin)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 4 Using interviews with children in L2 research (Annamaria Pinter)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 5 Verbal Reports as a Window for Understanding Mental Processes among Young Learners (Yuko Goto Butler)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 6 Research methods for evaluating second language speech production (Becky H. Huang \u0026amp; Rica Ramírez) \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 7 Receptive methods in child bilingualism and second language acquisition (Silvina Montrul, Alexandra Morales-Reyes \u0026amp; Begoña Arechabaleta Regulez)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 8 Eye-tracking methods in child SLA research (Paola E. Dussias \u0026amp; Karen Miller)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 9 Brain imaging methods (Nia Nickerson \u0026amp; Ioulia Kovelman)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 10 Research methods for L2 children with special needs (Li Sheng \u0026amp; Sharon R. Hollenbach)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 11 Considerations for Research Methods to Study Child Second Language Development (Yuko Goto Butler)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51017892102487,"sku":"9780367417017","price":36.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780367417017.jpg?v=1750775010","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/research-methods-for-understanding-child-second-language-development-9780367417017","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}