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Approaches and Methods in French Second Language Acquisition Research
Edited by Martin Howard
[Research Methods in Applied Linguistics 9] 2025
► pp. 370–381

Chapter 15
Research approaches and methods in second language French

Contributions, challenges, opportunities and directions

 | University College Cork
Following on the individual chapter contributions across different areas of SLA inquiry, this concluding chapter to the volume offers some synthesis reflections more generally on approaches and methods that characterise the study of L2 French. The presentation considers the specific research questions overriding the volume as a whole, looking at the main methodological trends of the past as opportunities to inform possible future methodological directions in the language going forward.
Keywords: languages other than English, L2/L3 French, multilingual learners, research ethics, research and study design; research directions
Article outline
  • Introduction
  • Past contributions
    • The specificity of L2-French learning in research methods
    • Informing SLA research methods — The case of L2 French
  • Methodological considerations in future research directions
  • Author queries
  • References
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