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Research Methods in the Study of L2 Writing Processes
Edited by Rosa M. Manchón and Julio Roca de Larios
[Research Methods in Applied Linguistics 5] 2023
► pp. 84–103

Chapter 4
Survey data

Questionnaires, interviews, and process logs

| Mälardalen University
| University of Barcelona

This chapter focuses on survey methods for studying writing processes. We specifically focus on questionnaires, interviews, and process logs, which all represent subjective self-report instuments. We start by describing the affordances of these data collection procedures, and review some relevant L1 and L2 studies which employed them to study writing processes. We then address some methodological concerns in the use of the self-report instruments discussed in the chapter and finish by suggesting avenues for future research.

Article outline
  • Characteristics of survey data elicitation procedures
    • Writing processes through the lens of questionnaires
    • Writing processes through the lens of interviews
    • Writing processes through the lens of process logs
  • Research questions addressed with questionnaires, interviews, and process logs
  • Methodological considerations when using self-report instruments
  • Avenues for further research
  • References
Published online: 23 October 2023
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https://doi.org/10.1075/rmal.5.04hor
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