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Less Frequently Used Research Methodologies in Applied LinguisticsEdited by A. Mehdi Riazi
[Research Methods in Applied Linguistics 6] 2024
► pp. 264–272
Edited by A. Mehdi Riazi
[Research Methods in Applied Linguistics 6] 2024
► pp. 264–272
Chapter 16Challenges and contributions of less frequently used
methodologies
This concluding chapter is organized into four sections. The first section, the introduction, discusses the purpose of compiling the volume. In the second section, I highlight some of the challenges faced by the researchers when they used each methodology and the insights they gained. Thirdly, I will provide a synthesis of the main ethical issues discussed in the chapters and will attempt to relate them to the current discussions of ethics in AL research. Finally, I will elaborate on how these methodologies can inform research on current and new language-related problems in the world we live in. I hope these discussions will be the readers’ take-home message if they consider employing these methodological orientations in the future.
Article outline
- 1.Introduction
- 2.Challenges faced; insights gained
- 3.Ethical issues
- 4.Methodological contributions
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