Second Language Acquisition

  1. SLA Research Methods
    1. Research Design Types
      1. Longitudinal Studies
        1. Design Principles
          1. Data Collection Over Time
            1. Advantages and Limitations
            2. Cross-Sectional Studies
              1. Design Principles
                1. Snapshot Approach
                  1. Advantages and Limitations
                  2. Case Studies
                    1. Single-Case Design
                      1. Multiple-Case Design
                        1. Ethnographic Approaches
                      2. Data Collection Methods
                        1. Spontaneous Production Data
                          1. Natural Speech Samples
                            1. Diary Studies
                            2. Elicited Production Data
                              1. Picture Description Tasks
                                1. Story Retelling
                                  1. Role Plays
                                  2. Experimental Tasks
                                    1. Grammaticality Judgment Tests
                                      1. Elicited Imitation
                                        1. Sentence Completion
                                        2. Introspective Methods
                                          1. Think-Aloud Protocols
                                            1. Stimulated Recall
                                              1. Interviews
                                            2. Data Analysis Approaches
                                              1. Quantitative Analysis
                                                1. Descriptive Statistics
                                                  1. Inferential Statistics
                                                    1. Effect Size Measures
                                                    2. Qualitative Analysis
                                                      1. Coding Procedures
                                                        1. Thematic Analysis
                                                          1. Grounded Theory
                                                          2. Mixed Methods Approaches
                                                            1. Corpus Linguistics Methods
                                                              1. Learner Corpus Construction
                                                                1. Corpus Analysis Tools
                                                                  1. Error Tagging

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                                                              8. Applications of SLA to Language Pedagogy