Research methods for lle, with examples

pp. 189-212

in: Geoff Hall, Literature in language education, Basingstoke, Palgrave Macmillan, 2005

Abstract

This chapter outlines features, and the relative strengths and weaknesses of, the research methods used to study literature in language education, using example studies. Ethnographic and qualitative studies of literature in language education are advocated because of the relative neglect to date of student perspectives on LLE. This chapter therefore proceeds broadly from the more controlled and experimental to more qualitative, "naturalistic" and action research-oriented methods, which are more likely to engage with and be more practical for teachers who have access to relevant situations.