Graduate and professional TESOL students will welcome this research methods textbook for undertaking qualitative, naturalistic and action research projects. Uniquely, the book offers a three-level structured progression, suited both to novice and intermediate students with a focus on development as classroom teachers of English, and to advanced students engaged in academic research work in applied linguistics. Every chapter is structured to develop the important skills for undertaking QI in a rigorous and serious way, at whatever level is appropriate for the reader's purpose. The book is both scholarly in approach and written in an engagingly direct and clear style.
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Graduate and professional TESOL students will welcome this research methods textbook for undertaking qualitative, naturalistic and action research projects.
Introduction The Nature of Qualitative Inquiry Interviewing Observation Collecting and Analysing Spoken Interaction Planning a Project Analysis and Representation Epilogue: Qualitative Inquiry and Teaching References Index
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'Keith Richards' book on qualitative methods is truly excellent. The writing is unusually clear, engaging, and carefully crafted... Instructors of graduate-level courses on research methods will find the three-level system of the book of remarkable pedagogical value and the Reading Guides at the end of each chapter extremely useful and rich... I have no doubt this textbook will become a best seller in research methods courses in TESOL and applied linguistics programs.' - Lourdes Ortega, Northern Arizona University
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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781403901354
Publisert
2003-08-21
Utgiver
Vendor
Palgrave Macmillan
Høyde
216 mm
Bredde
140 mm
Aldersnivå
Research, UU, UP, P, 05, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet

Forfatter

Biographical note

Keith Richards is an Associate Professor at the University of Warwick, UK. His main research interests lie in the area of professional interaction and his recent publications include Qualitative Inquiry in TESOL, Applying Conversation Analysis (edited with Paul Seedhouse), and Professional Encounters in TESOL (edited with Sue Garton).