Key Methods in Second Language Acquisition Research

Key Methods in Second Language Acquisition Research is a book written to help novice teachers and undergraduate students developing an awareness and understanding of the key methodological frameworks and processes used in second language research. The book should also help readers generating ideas and researchable questions and adopting particular research methods and procedures to collect and analyse data. The book is divided into three main parts: Key Stages in Second Language Research (Part One); Key Methodological Frameworks (Part Two); Mixed Frameworks and Psycholinguistics Methods (Part three).

Alessandro Benati is Director of the Centre of Applied Research and Outreach in Language Education at the University of Greenwich (CAROLE) and Professor of Applied Linguistics and Second Language Studies.