Designing Second Language Study Abroad Research: Critical Reflections on Methods and Data

Author:   Janice McGregor ,  John L. Plews
Publisher:   Springer International Publishing AG
Edition:   1st ed. 2022
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Pages:   333
Publication Date:   12 August 2022
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Author:   Janice McGregor ,  John L. Plews
Publisher:   Springer International Publishing AG
Imprint:   Palgrave Macmillan
Edition:   1st ed. 2022
Weight:   0.591kg
ISBN:  

9783031050527


ISBN 10:   3031050525
Pages:   333
Publication Date:   12 August 2022
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
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​1. Introduction: Inviting critical reflections on methodology from our own field (Janice McGregor & John L. Plews).- Section 1: Research Paradigms and Approaches.- 2. Quantitative study abroad research: Challenges and recommendations (Peter Ecke).- 3. The case of the SALA project: Constructs and methods revisited (Carmen Pérez-Vidal).- 4. Toward a transformative decolonial paradigm of study abroad research (Ian Craig).- 5. Addressing the ideologies of study abroad: Views from the U.S. context (Emma Trentman).- Section 2: Data and Instruments.- 6. A critical appraisal of research interviews as a qualitative method of data generation in study abroad research (Janice McGregor & Julieta Fernández).- 7. Are natural conversations natural? Critical reflections on using participants’ self-recorded conversations, the positioning of researchers, and participant self-censorship (Wenhao Diao).- 8. Researching and measuring second language pragmatic development in study abroad: Insight from Arabic (Khaled Al Masaeed).- Section 3: Participants and Contexts.- 9. Expanding participant voice within a social justice framework: A critical dialogic approach (Shelley Dawson).- 10. Understanding diverse learning abroad through case-study research (Simon McKinnon).- 11. Challenging the language learner as the only source of data in study abroad research (Sònia Mas-Alcolea & Àngels Llanes).- 12. Sojourners online: Social media and online communication as a data source in study abroad research (Levi Durbidge).- 13. Decolonizing the gaze: Intercultural competence urgency and study abroad challenges in Africa (Jean-Blaise Samou).- 14. Implementing longitudinal, reflective follow-up study abroad research: Following former pre-service teachers into professional practice (Roswita Dressler, Colleen Kawalilak, Katherine Crossman, Sandra Becker).- Section 4: Analysis of Data.- 15. Group interviewing and multilingualism in ethnographic study abroad research: Speaking Korean in Tanzania (Jamie A. Thomas).- 16. Discourse analysis in study abroad research (Rachel Shively). 

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Janice McGregor is Assistant Professor of German Studies and faculty member in the Second Language Acquisition and Teaching (SLAT) graduate interdisciplinary program at the University of Arizona, USA. John L. Plews is Professor of German and Special Advisor for International Field Schools at Saint Mary’s University, Halifax, Canada, and Director of the Canadian Summer School in Germany.

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