Methods in Study Abroad Research

Past, present, and future

Editors

Carmen Pérez-Vidal | Pompeu Fabra University

Cristina Sanz | Georgetown University

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Study abroad research has become an established area of inquiry with theoretical impact and methodological sophistication. The field has incorporated the different approaches and methodological changes that have characterized SLA scholarship, including technological advances and new designs. The present volume contributes an update on and a systematic critical appraisal of the methods employed in study abroad research to identify strengths and weaknesses and to look ahead and point towards new directions. The volume is organized around different areas -approaches, instruments, linguistic levels, and learners and their context-, each one including a number of chapters authored by outstanding experts in the field.

[Research Methods in Applied Linguistics, 4] 2023. ix, 393 pp.

Publishing status:

https://doi.org/10.1075/rmal.4

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements | pp. ix–10

Foreword

Barbara F. Freed | pp. 1–8

Chapter 1. Research methods in study abroad: A critical state of the art account

Carmen Pérez-Vidal and Cristina Sanz | pp. 9–30

Section 1. Research designs

Chapter 2. Quantitative approaches in L2 research abroad

Janire Zalbidea and Bernard Issa | pp. 33–58

Chapter 3. Qualitative approaches in L2 research abroad

Rachel L. Shively | pp. 59–83

Chapter 4. Mixed methods research on language learning in study abroad

Celeste Kinginger and Robert W. Schrauf | pp. 85–106

Section 2. Research instruments

Chapter 5. Diaries and journals in study abroad research

John L. Plews, Kim Misfeldt and Richard Feddersen | pp. 109–134

Chapter 6. Narratives and identity in study abroad research

Henry Tyne | pp. 135–156

Chapter 7. Technology in cognitive research: Methods to examine second language processing in study abroad research

Mandy Faretta-Stutenberg, Irene Finestrat and Kara Morgan-Short | pp. 157–179

Section 3. Measuring L2 development

Chapter 8. Oral fluency measures in study abroad research

Joan C. Mora, Sapna Sehgal and Raquel Serrano | pp. 183–207

Chapter 9. Complexity, fluency and accuracy in study abroad research

Silvia Marijuan and Cristi Vallejos | pp. 209–238

Chapter 10. Grammatical development during study abroad: Approaches and methods

Martin Howard | pp. 239–263

Chapter 11. Investigating pragmatic development in study abroad contexts

Richard Nightingale and Eva Alcón-Soler | pp. 265–289

Chapter 12. Phonological and phonetic development in study abroad research

Alfonso Morales-Front | pp. 291–315

Section 4. The individual learner in context

Chapter 13. Individual variables in study abroad contexts: Concepts and measurements

Ágnes Albert, Harriet Wood Bowden and Kata Csizér | pp. 319–344

Chapter 14. Researching study abroad: Tracking social networks

Rosamond Mitchell | pp. 345–372

Afterword

Barbara A. Lafford | pp. 373–382

Index | pp. 383–393

Cited by (3)

Cited by three other publications

Tajeddin, Zia & Neda Khanlarzadeh

2024. The Role of Learner Variables in Pragmatic Development during Study Abroad: A Systematic Review. Languages 9:3 ► pp. 96 ff.

Zhuang, Jingyuan & Celeste Kinginger

2024. Long‐term language use by US‐based study‐abroad alumni: Activity types and program effects. The Modern Language Journal 108:1 ► pp. 243 ff.

Albert, Ágnes, Boglárka Spissich & Kata Csizér

2022. Külföldi tanulmányutak és egyéni különbségek. Magyar Pedagógia 122:2 ► pp. 89 ff.

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