Melissa A. Bowles (USA University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)

The Think-Aloud Controversy in Second Language Research

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Aims to answer the questions about the validity and uses of think-alouds, verbal reports completed by research participants while they perform a task. This book offers an overview of how think-alouds have been used in language research, and presents a meta-analysis of findings from studies involving verbal tasks and think-alouds.

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Produktdetails

• Second Language Acquisition Research Series
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: RT21909
• Seitenzahl: 186
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Mai 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 10mm
• Gewicht: 264g
• ISBN-13: 9780415994842
• ISBN-10: 0415994845
• Artikelnr.: 28225262

Autorenporträt

Melissa A. Bowles is Assistant Professor of Spanish, Linguistics, and SLATE (Second Language Acquisition and Teacher Education) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Her main research interests are instructed second/heritage language acquisition and research methods.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1: The use of verbal reports in language research. Chapter 2: Controversy over the use of think-alouds. Chapter 3: Features that Make a Task Amenable to Think-Aloud: A Meta-analysis of Studies Investigating the Validity of Think-Alouds on Verbal Tasks. Chapter 4: Data Collection Considerations. Chapter 5: Data Analysis Considerations. Chapter 6: Conclusion. Appendix A: Studies Included in the Meta-Analysis. Appendix B: Summary of Unique Sample Studies.