Alison Mackey is Professor of Linguistics and Head of the Applied Linguistics Programs at Georgetown University. She has published ten books, including Conversational Interaction in Second Language Acquisition (2007), and more than 50 articles and book chapters on second language learning by children and adults.

Susan M. Gass is University Distinguished Professor and Director of both the English Language Center and the Second Language Studies Ph.D. Program at Michigan State University. She has published widely in the field of second language acquisition, including Second Language Acquisition: An Introductory Course with Larry Selinker (2008), and has served as the president of AAAL and of AILA.

Research Methods in Second Language Acquisition: A Practical Guideis an informative guide to research design and methodology for graduate students and scholars. Each chapter of this volume offers background, step-by-step guidance, and relevant studies to create comprehensive coverage of each method.
* Includes chapters by expert scholars on an array of topics, including second language writing and reading, meta-analyses, research replication, qualitative data collection and analysis, and more
* Includes feature boxes in each chapter highlighting relevant research studies, discussion questions and suggested further readings
* Utilizes research methods and tools from varied fields of study including education, linguistics, psychology, and sociology

List of Contributors vii
1 Introduction 1
Alison Mackey and Susan M. Gass
Part I Data Types 5
2 How to Use Foreign and Second Language Learner Corpora 7
Sylviane Granger
3 Formal Theory-Based Methodologies 30
Tania Ionin
4 Instructed Second Language Acquisition 53
Shawn Loewen and Jenefer Philp
5 How to Design and Analyze Surveys in Second Language Acquisition Research 74
Zoltán Dörnyei and Kata Csizér
6 How to Carry Out Case Study Research 95
Patricia A. Duff
7 How to Use Psycholinguistic Methodologies for Comprehension and Production 117
Kim McDonough and Pavel Trofimovich
8 How to Research Second Language Writing 139
Charlene Polio
9 How to Do Research on Second Language Reading 158
Keiko Koda
10 How to Collect and Analyze Qualitative Data 180
Debra A. Friedman
Part II Data Coding, Analysis, and Replication 201
11 Coding Second Language Data Validly and Reliably 203
Andrea Révész
12 Coding Qualitative Data 222
Melissa Baralt
13 How to Run Statistical Analyses 245
Jenifer Larson-Hall
14 How to Do a Meta-Analysis 275
Luke Plonsky and Frederick L. Oswald
15 Why, When, and How to Replicate Research 296
Rebekha Abbuhl
Index 313