Critical Reflections on Data in Second Language Acquisition.
- 1st ed.
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- Language Learning and Language Teaching Series ; v.51 .
- Language Learning and Language Teaching Series .
Cover Page -- Critical Reflections on Data in Second Language Acquisition -- Editorial page -- Title page -- LCC data -- Dedication page -- Table of contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- References -- Chapter 1. Data collection and analysis in developmental L2 pragmatics research: Discourse completion test, role play, and naturalistic recording -- Introduction -- Pragmatic competence: Evolving definitions -- Definitions of pragmatic competence and methods of examination -- Knowledge of form-function-context relationships -- Adaptability in interaction -- Learner agency -- Literature review: Methods -- Written DCT data -- Spoken DCT data -- Role play data -- Naturally and semi-naturally occurring data -- Critical reflections and conclusions -- References -- Chapter 2. Data collection in the research on the effectiveness of corrective feedback: A synthetic and critical review -- Introduction -- Background -- Theories of CF -- CF research -- The current review -- Method -- Findings -- CF Treatment -- Operationalization of CF -- The setting of CF treatment -- Pre-treatment instruction -- The amount of CF -- CF elicitation tasks -- Task type -- Task validation -- Measurement of CF effects -- Measures of implicit and explicit knowledge -- Ways of operationalizing learning -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 3. Data analysis and sampling: Methodological issues concerning proficiency in SLA research -- Introduction -- Background -- The construct of L2 proficiency -- The measurement of L2 proficiency in empirical studies -- Issues in data analysis: Dichotomizing proficiency -- Data sampling and proficiency -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Chapter 4. Novel sounds: What L2 phonetic data might be telling us that we do not always hear -- Background -- Approaches to L2 phonetic/phonological data. The lateral phoneme and Solon (2017) -- Present study -- Method -- Participants -- Tasks and procedure -- Coding and analysis -- Results -- Establishing the inventory of /l/ realizations -- Exploring patterns in /l/ realization -- Discussion -- Conclusion -- References -- Appendix -- Chapter 5. Operationalizing variables: The case of future-time expression in additional-language French -- Introduction -- Challenges associated with data coding: The example of future-time expression in French -- Future-time expression in French -- Future-time reference and temporal distance -- Future-time reference and LTIs -- Rationale -- Reanalyzing temporal distance -- Presentation of original study -- Reanalysis -- Reanalyzing adverbial specification -- Presentation of original study -- Reanalysis -- Conclusion: Reflections on data coding -- References -- Chapter 6. The potential of publicly shared longitudinal learner corpora in SLA research -- Introduction -- Literature review -- Longitudinal research in SLA -- The potential of publicly shared longitudinal learner corpora -- Langsnap and Langsnap 3.0 -- Considerations for mitigating participant attrition -- Considerations for study design: Using the same instruments or different ones? -- Considerations for data collection -- Considerations for data preparation: What to annotate for a publicly shared learner corpus? -- Looking ahead to the future and Langsnap 6.0 -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 7. Concept-oriented analysis: A reflection on one approach to studying interlanguage development -- Introduction -- The concept-oriented approach -- Identifying concepts -- Design -- Data -- Identifying linguistic devices -- The role of the target language -- The target language in criterion approaches -- The target language in concept-oriented analysis -- Concept-oriented and other approaches to SLA -- Conclusion. References -- Chapter 8. Naturalistic data in L2 pragmatics research: Challenges and opportunities -- Introduction -- What are natural data? -- Advantages and challenges of naturalistic data -- Reflections on and suggestions for using naturalistic data to study L2 pragmatics -- Comparability -- Audio versus video recordings -- Ethical issues -- Triangulation of data -- Pragmatic features targeted -- Conclusion -- References -- Conclusion: Data, open science, and methodological reform in second language acquisition research -- Methodological advancement and its relationship with open science -- Conclusion -- References -- Index.