Qualitative Research in Applied Linguistics: A Practical Introduction - Hardcover

Written in a clear, informal style for graduate students and practicing teachers embarking on their first qualitative research study in applied linguistics, leading authors introduce the principal research approaches and data creation methods to offer novice researchers an easy-to-follow and straightforward guide to qualitative inquiry.

JAMES DEAN BROWN is Professor of Second Language Studies, University of Hawaii-Manoa, Hawaii ANNE BURNS is a Chair Professor in the Department of Linguistics and the former Dean of Linguistics and Psychology at Macquarie University, Australia CHRISTINE CASANAVE, teaches language teacher education in Temple University's Graduate College of Education, Japan NEIL COWIE, is an English teacher in the Foreign Language Education Centre Okayama University, Japan JOHN W. CRESWELL is a Professor of Educational Psychology University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA DONALD FREEMAN is Director of Teacher Education and Associate Professor of Education, School of Education, University of Michigan, USA MIKE HOOD is an Assistant Professor, Nihon University, College of Commerce Japan NATALIYA V. IVANKOVA is Associate Professor, Department of Human Studies, University of Alabama, Birmingham, USA ANNE LAZARATON is an Associate Professor of English as a Second Language University of Minnesota, USA SANDRA LEE MCKAY is Professor of English, San Francisco State University, USA GAROLD MURRAY teaches English at Okayama University, Japan SHARON RALLIS is the Allen Distinguished Professor of Education Policy and Reform, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, USA KEITH RICHARDS is an Associate Professor, University of Warwick, UK GRETCHEN ROSSMAN is a Professor of Education, University of Massachusetts, USA KEIKO SAKUI is Associate Professor, Kobe Shoin Women's University, Japan