This paper is a critical assessment of the merits and drawbacks of qualitative interviews as a
research method. To do so, a brief review of literature regarding what we mean by interviews …

With multilingualism drawing increasing attention from sociolinguistic scholars in the past
two decades, the traditional monolingual ideology in language teaching has been …

A couple of things perplexed me early on. Nearly all the qualitative PhD theses I read (and
all the MA dissertations) had between one and five pages on the differences between …

It may be that you are a seasoned ethnographer with experience in the social sciences and
humanities, assured of your rich contextual accounts of research participants' social …

In this book, Jennifer Jenkins, one of the leading proponents of English as a Lingua Franca,
explores current academic English language policy in higher education around the world …

The natural first question is: What is language policy? The question is commonly asked in
books on the topic but concrete definitions are less common than discussions of language …

The Routledge Encyclopedia of Research Methods in Applied Linguistics provides
accessible and concise explanations of key concepts and terms related to research methods …

In this second edition of the best-selling Second Language Research, Alison Mackey and
Sue Gass continue to guide students step-by-step through conducting the second language …

The paper explores whether mother tongues should be given a sustainable chance to thrive
as mediums of instruction in tertiary education in Bangladesh and China. In the Bangladesh …

Interviews are among the most popular methods of data-gathering used in qualitative
research. Preference for interviews rests on methodological advantages they seem to …