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Anderson, Jason and Lightfoot, Amy (2022) Exploratory survey research. In: Dikilitaş, Kenan and Reynolds, Kate, (eds.) Research methods in language teaching and learning : a practical guide. Hoboken, New Jersey: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., pp. 182-199. ISBN 9781119701637
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Abstract
Survey research provides an opportunity to reach a large number of respondents in comparatively little time and can collect both quantitative and qualitative data. It is compatible with a number of other research methods as a component of more complex studies. We have found it particularly valuable for gaining an initial understanding of a phenomenon, a context or a population, especially in areas where little prior research has been conducted. In such situations it is often useful to take an exploratory approach by developing data collection tools (e.g. a questionnaire or email interview schedule) that involve both closed and open items to provide a broad overview of the area of interest. This chapter documents how and why exploratory survey research was used to investigate the phenomenon of translanguaging in English language classrooms in India, a country where translingual practices are common in everyday life, yet rarely documented in research on classroom teaching and discourse. The survey tool developed (a questionnaire) was successful in eliciting both quantitative and qualitative data that helped us to understand more about both the nature and the extent of translingual practices in English language classrooms in India. This chapter documents how and why we developed this questionnaire, how we explored the data that was collected, which aspects we decided to present, and also the challenges and limitations of the study, and what we learnt from both the strengths and the weaknesses of our research. It also outlines the impact that conducting this research has had on our further work in this area.
| Item Type: | Book Item | ||||||
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| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) H Social Sciences > HM Sociology |
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Centre for Applied Linguistics | ||||||
| Publisher: | John Wiley & Sons, Inc. | ||||||
| Place of Publication: | Hoboken, New Jersey | ||||||
| ISBN: | 9781119701637 | ||||||
| Book Title: | Research methods in language teaching and learning : a practical guide | ||||||
| Editor: | Dikilitaş, Kenan and Reynolds, Kate | ||||||
| Official Date: | 1 March 2022 | ||||||
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| Number of Pages: | 384 | ||||||
| Page Range: | pp. 182-199 | ||||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||||
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