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Designed to support you on your next major research project, this book brings together authors from a range of diverse contexts and career stages to share their own research reflections and their extensive experience supporting graduate students in conducting independent research projects. Covering a range of research approaches and methods, this book provides the perfect research companion, guiding you through the principles of research design and research ethics, taking you through the planning stages and into the methodological approaches and their common applications. With worked examples, visuals, research scenarios, case studies, reflections, tasks, reflective activities, key takeaways and tips for further reading, this is a comprehensive how-to guide to suit a range of international research contexts and provide the skills and inspiration to undertake your research with rigour, precision and confidence.

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This edited volume offers an excellent and accessible guide to research methods in applied linguistics. With in-depth coverage of diverse approaches, reflective questions grounded in research practice, and carefully curated further reading, it is invaluable for novice researchers and an important reference for scholars committed to rigorous and ethical inquiry. -- Amy B. M. Tsui, YuShan Fellow (Ministry of Education, Taiwan) and Chair Professor, National Taiwan Normal University; Emeritus Professor, The University of Hong Kong

This edited volume offers an excellent and accessible guide to research methods in applied linguistics. With in-depth coverage of diverse approaches, reflective questions grounded in research practice, and carefully curated further reading, it is invaluable for novice researchers and an important reference for scholars committed to rigorous and ethical inquiry. -- Amy B.M. Tsui, YuShan Fellow (Ministry of Education, Taiwan) and Chair Professor, National Taiwan Normal University; Emeritus Professor, The University of Hong Kong

Author Information

Angela M. Gayton, is a lecturer in Applied Linguistics and Education at the School of Critical Studies, University of Glasgow. Angela has a strong publication history, including the 2019 textbook in the Edinburgh Textbooks in Applied Linguistics series, Teaching Language and Promoting Citizenship (with Mairin Hennebry-Leung). Kenneth Fordyce is a lecturer in TESOL at Moray House School of Education, University of Edinburgh. Alongside decades of teaching experience both in the UK and internationally, Kenneth has written and contributed to a number of textbooks, including most recently Pragmatics. A Resource Book for Students (2021, with J. Cutting). Mairin Hennebry-Leung is a lecturer in Languages and TESOL at the School of Education, University of Tasmania Australia. Over the past decade she has taught and convened courses in Applied Linguistics in the UK, Hong Kong and Australia. In addition to her EUP textbook with Angela Gayton, she has published widely on language learning, multilingualism & citizenship.

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