Chapter 14. Contemporary Applied Linguistics Research
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Matthew T. Prior
Abstract
In this commentary, I will offer some thoughts on the preceding chapters and their contributions to reflective and reflexive research in Applied Linguistics. We must, of course, first acknowledge that contemporary Applied Linguistics is a multidisciplinary field — no longer confined to linguistics, nor reducible to second (i.e., additional or foreign) language acquisition or (ELT). I will begin with a brief historical snapshot of developments across the field to locate this volume in relation to ongoing scholarly conversations. I then examine some of the ways reflection and reflexivity have been defined and applied in qualitative inquiry, before concluding with some suggestions for advancing both theory and practice.
Abstract
In this commentary, I will offer some thoughts on the preceding chapters and their contributions to reflective and reflexive research in Applied Linguistics. We must, of course, first acknowledge that contemporary Applied Linguistics is a multidisciplinary field — no longer confined to linguistics, nor reducible to second (i.e., additional or foreign) language acquisition or (ELT). I will begin with a brief historical snapshot of developments across the field to locate this volume in relation to ongoing scholarly conversations. I then examine some of the ways reflection and reflexivity have been defined and applied in qualitative inquiry, before concluding with some suggestions for advancing both theory and practice.
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- List of contributors vii
- Chapter 1. Reflectivity and reflexivity in qualitative research and scholarship 1
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Part I. Reflectivity and reflexivity in research
- Chapter 2. Transformative possibilities of autoethnography 22
- Chapter 3. Duoethnography 41
- Chapter 4. Toward an understanding of currere as a research method 61
- Chapter 5. Telling stories matters 80
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Part II. Reflectivity and reflexivity and Applied Linguistics Research
- Chapter 6. Affordances and limitations of autoethnography as a research method in Applied Linguistics 98
- Chapter 7. The role of duoethnography in critical ELT research 120
- Chapter 8. Currere 139
- Chapter 9. Narrative inquiry in Applied Linguistics Research 152
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Part III. Reflective and reflexive studies
- Chapter 10. An autoethnography of migration, language, and power dynamics 172
- Chapter 11. Duoethnographic inquiry into translingualism and language teacher identity 188
- Chapter 12. Past, present, and future 206
- Chapter 13. When children don’t learn to read 223
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Coda
- Chapter 14. Contemporary Applied Linguistics Research 248
- Author index 267
- Subject index 269
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- List of contributors vii
- Chapter 1. Reflectivity and reflexivity in qualitative research and scholarship 1
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Part I. Reflectivity and reflexivity in research
- Chapter 2. Transformative possibilities of autoethnography 22
- Chapter 3. Duoethnography 41
- Chapter 4. Toward an understanding of currere as a research method 61
- Chapter 5. Telling stories matters 80
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Part II. Reflectivity and reflexivity and Applied Linguistics Research
- Chapter 6. Affordances and limitations of autoethnography as a research method in Applied Linguistics 98
- Chapter 7. The role of duoethnography in critical ELT research 120
- Chapter 8. Currere 139
- Chapter 9. Narrative inquiry in Applied Linguistics Research 152
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Part III. Reflective and reflexive studies
- Chapter 10. An autoethnography of migration, language, and power dynamics 172
- Chapter 11. Duoethnographic inquiry into translingualism and language teacher identity 188
- Chapter 12. Past, present, and future 206
- Chapter 13. When children don’t learn to read 223
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Coda
- Chapter 14. Contemporary Applied Linguistics Research 248
- Author index 267
- Subject index 269
