Current Approaches in Second Language Acquisition Research

Alison Mackey is Professor and Chair of the Department of Linguistics at Georgetown University, USA, and a Professor in the Department of Linguistics and English Language at Lancaster University, UK (Summers). She is Editor-in-Chief of Annual Review of Applied Linguistics and the co-editor of Research Methods in Second Language Acquisition: A Practical Guide andthe co-author (with Susan Gass) of Second Language Research: Methodology and Design. Susan Gass is University Distinguished Professor Emerita in the Department of Linguistics, Languages, and Cultures at Michigan State University, USA. She is the former editor of Studies in Second Language Acquisition, the co-editor of Research Methods in Second Language Acquisition: A Practical Guide, andthe co-author (with Alison Mackey) of Second Language Research: Methodology and Design.

List of Figures vii List of Tables viii Notes on Contributors x Preface xiv Introduction 1 Alison Mackey and Susan M. Gass Part I Eliciting Second Language Data 11 1 Classroom Research Methods 13 Shawn Loewen, Aysen Tuzcu, and Jenefer Philp 2 Formal Theory- Based Methodologies 33 Tania Ionin 3 Qualitative and Interpretive Approaches to Data in L2 Research 51 Debra A. Friedman 4 Collecting and Analyzing Mixed Methods Data in L2 Research 72 Mohammad R. Hashemi 5 Using Foreign and Second Language Learner Corpora 96 Magali Paquot and Nicole Tracy- Ventura Copyrighted Material 6 Collecting and Analyzing L2 Introspective Data 120 Lara Bryfonski 7 Collecting and Analyzing L2 Sociolinguistic Data 143 Kimberly L. Geeslin and Stacey Hanson 8 Psycholinguistic Methods in Second Language Research 170 Lauren Covey and Alison Gabriele 9 Collecting and Analyzing L2 Pragmatics Data 195 Naoko Taguchi 10 Collecting and Analyzing Individual Differences Data in Foreign Language Learning 215 Jean- Marc Dewaele 11 Collecting and Analyzing L2 Data on Neurocognitive Mechanisms 233 Nick B. Pand?a Part II Coding, Analysis, and Replication 255 12 Coding Second Language Data Validly and Reliably 257 Andrea Révész 13 How to Run Statistical Analyses 276 Aek Phakiti 14 Advancing Meta- Analytic Methods in L2 Research 304 Luke Plonsky, Yuhang Hu, Ekaterina Sudina, and Frederick L. Oswald 15 How and Why to Conduct a Replication Study 334 Kevin McManus Index 352