Perry, Jr., Fred L.

Research in Applied Linguistics

Becoming a Discerning Consumer

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Produktbeschreibung

This popular text is designed to enable students and professionals in the field of applied linguistics to become not just casual consumers of research who passively read bits and pieces of a research article, but discerning consumers able to effectively use published research for practical purposes in educational settings.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• 3 ed
• Seitenzahl: 260
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. März 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 226mm x 150mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 406g
• ISBN-13: 9781138227767
• ISBN-10: 1138227765
• Artikelnr.: 47720690

Autorenporträt

Fred L. Perry, Jr. is Professor Emeritus of Applied Linguistics at the American University in Cairo, Egypt.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Acknowledgments
PART I Fundamentals for Discerning Consumers
1 Understanding the Nature of Research
2 How to Locate Research
PART II The Major Components of Published Research
3 Understanding the Framework of a Primary Research Article
4 Understanding Where Data Come From: The Sample
5 Understanding Research Designs
1. Understanding Data Gathering
2. Understanding Research Results
3. Discerning Discussions and Conclusions: Completing the Picture
Appendix A Constructing a Literature Review
Appendix B Going to the Next Level of Statistics
Glossary
Index