"Give a man a fish and he eats for a day. Teach him how to fish and heeats for a lifetime. "Doing research is a mystery to many graduate students and secondlanguage teachers in China. This book aims to demystify the process ofcarrying out research in the field of applied linguistics， particularly inthe area of second language acquisition and teaching. This book iswritten for those who have no previous research experience at all orthose who have done some research without formal training. It isparticularly useful for graduate students of applied linguistics， secondlanguage teachers and teacher-trainers.This book is concerned with both how to conduct research and howto write a thesis or a dissertation. Graduate students， I have found，face difficulties not only in actual research but also in writing up theirtheses/dissertations. This book addresses questions that have actuallybeen experienced by myself and my students. For example. How can Iselect a suitable topic？ Which research design should I employ？ What isthe best time for me to collect data and in which way？ Should I analyzethe data quantitatively or qualitatively？ What is the difference betweenreporting a result and discussing a result？ What should be covered by aliterature review？In response to these challenges， this book provides the readerswith solutions， and with suggestions if there is no definite answer. PartI serves as a general introduction in which some basic concepts areexplained~ Part II focuses on the research process and covers differentphases of a single study. Part III describes the overall structure of athesis/dissertation and what is expected to be included or not includedin different chapters.
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Preface Part I Introduction 1. What is research? Definition of research Visualizing the research process Classifications of research Summary Discussion questions 2. Fundamental concepts Hypothesis, theory and model Population and sample Variables Levels of measurement Operationalization Summary Discussion questions Part II Researching 3. Developing research questions Procedures Problems in question formation Summary Discussion questions 4. Reading the literature Sources of literature Procedures for reviewing the literature Deciding the scope Summarizing the information Summary Discussion questions 5. Selecting research designs Quantitative and qualitative Links between question and design A mono-design or a mixed design? Complexities in classifying designs Summary Discussion questions 6. A survey study A brief description Instrument designing, questionnaire Scaling techniques Selecting subjects Administering the questionnaire Summary Discussion questions 7. An experimental study What is an experimental study? Causality Validity in experimentation Types of experimental studies Procedures for an experimental study Summary Discussion questions 8. A ease study What is a case study? Selecting the subjects Collecting data Summary Discussion questions 9. Basic statistics A brief description of statistics Descriptive statistics Inferential statistics Summary Discussion questions 10. The analysis of quantitative data Overview of SPSS for windows Questionnaire data analysis Analyzing data from an experiment Summary Discussion questions 11. The analysis of qualitative data Choices in analyzing qualitative data Data preparation Qualitative analysis Validity and reliability Summary Discussion questions Part III Thesis Writing 12. An overview of thesis writing Definitions The structure of a thesis Summary Discussion questions 13. Writing up a thesis/dissertation Writing an introduction Writing a literature review Describing methodology Reporting results and discussion Writing the conclusion chapter Summary Discussion questions 14. Writing style Academic writing style APA writing format Summary Discussion questions References Appendixes Appendix one：A Survey Study Appendix two：An Experimental Study. Appendix three: A Case Study Appendix four: Questionnaire Description Appendix five: Random Numbers Subject index Author index
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