Narrative Inquiry in Language Teaching and Learning Research

Gary Barkhuizen, Phil Benson, Alice Chik

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2013
• ISBN:
  9781136447778
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Languages & Linguistics
• Subtopic: Linguistics
• Index: Languages & Linguistics

Narrative Inquiry in Language Teaching and Learning Research provides an entry-level introduction to research methods using stories, as data or as a means of presenting findings, that is grounded in published empirical research within the field of language teaching and learning. It discusses basic definitions and concepts in narrative inquiry, explains how and why narrative methods have been used in language teaching and learning research, and outlines the different approaches and topics covered by this research. It also examines the different ways of eliciting, analyzing, and presenting narrative inquiry data.Narrative inquiry offers exciting prospects for language teaching and learning research and this book is the first focused and practical guide for readers who are interested in understanding or carrying out narrative studies.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title
• Second Language Acquisition Research Series: Theoretical and Methodological Issues
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Table of Contents
• Introduction
• 1 Narrative Inquiry in Applied Linguistics
• 2 Oral Narratives
• 3 Written Narratives
• 4 Multimodal Narratives
• 5 Data Analysis in Narrative Inquiry
• 6 Reporting Narrative Studies
• References
• Index