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This book addresses various aspects of second language acquisition research, including the validity of research methods, contextualized versus sentence-level production approaches, and the relevance of contextualized data collection and interpretation. The book is divided into four sections, each with its own focus. The first section discusses the nature of language acquisition data, with different perspectives on what constitutes valid data. The second section discusses research design, with different perspectives on how to best collect and analyze data. The third section discusses the relevance of contextualized data collection and interpretation, with different perspectives on how contextualized data can be used to better understand second language acquisition. The fourth and final section discusses the desirability of a particularistic nomothetic theoretical paradigm versus more comprehensive consideration of multiple realities and complex influencing factors.
This volume addresses salient theoretical issues concerning the validity of research methods in second-language acquisition, and provides critical analysis of contextualized versus sentence-level production approaches. The contributors present their views of competence versus performance, the nature of language acquisition data, research design, the relevance of contextualized data collection and interpretation, and the desirability of a particularistic nomothetic theoretical paradigm versus more comprehensive consideration of multiple realities and complex influencing factors. This book presents varying and antithetical approaches to the issues, bringing together the thinking and approaches of leading researchers in language acquisition, language education, and sociolinguistics in an engaging debate of great currency in the field.
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