Abstract
Applied linguistics (AL) is a broad field of study that often concerns subjective domains such as beliefs, opinions, perspectives, values and emotions. Q methodology (Q), a mixed methods approach to phenomenological and typological inquiry, is specifically designed to help researchers better understand individuals’ subjective viewpoints. Although Q has existed for eight decades, it rarely intersects with language-related research. This article offers AL researchers an overview of Q and examples of its application. The overview covers its brief history and underlying theoretical concepts. The application is illustrated using a case exemplar that investigates language learners’ perspectives regarding enjoyment in online learning. The advantages and limitations of Q are also discussed. There is plenty of room for AL researchers to advance Q, both as a standalone methodology and as an accompaniment to other methods.
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Artikel in diesem Heft
- Frontmatter
- Research Articles
- ELF- or NES-oriented pedagogy: enhancing learners’ intercultural communicative competence using a dual teaching model
- “You can’t start a fire without a spark”. Enjoyment, anxiety, and the emergence of flow in foreign language classrooms
- “You have to repeat Chinese to mother!”: multilingual identity, emotions, and family language policy in transnational multilingual families
- On the influence of the first language on orthographic competences in German as a second language: a comparative analysis
- Validating the conceptual domains of elementary school teachers’ knowledge and needs vis-à-vis the CLIL approach in Chinese-speaking contexts
- Agentive engagement in intercultural communication by L2 English-speaking international faculty and their L2 English-speaking host colleagues
- Review Article
- Illuminating insights into subjectivity: Q as a methodology in applied linguistics research
- Research Articles
- Making sense of trans-translating in blogger subtitling: a netnographic approach to translanguaging on a Chinese microblogging site
- The shape of a word: single word characteristics’ effect on novice L2 listening comprehension
- Success factors for English as a second language university students’ attainment in academic English language proficiency: exploring the roles of secondary school medium-of-instruction, motivation and language learning strategies
- LexCH: a quick and reliable receptive vocabulary size test for Chinese Learners
- Examining the role of writing proficiency in students’ feedback literacy development
- Confucius Institute and Confucius Classroom closures: trends, explanations and future directions
- Translanguaging as decoloniality-informed knowledge co-construction: a nexus analysis of an English-Medium-Instruction program in China
- The effects of task complexity on L2 English rapport-building language use and its relationship with paired speaking test task performance
Artikel in diesem Heft
- Frontmatter
- Research Articles
- ELF- or NES-oriented pedagogy: enhancing learners’ intercultural communicative competence using a dual teaching model
- “You can’t start a fire without a spark”. Enjoyment, anxiety, and the emergence of flow in foreign language classrooms
- “You have to repeat Chinese to mother!”: multilingual identity, emotions, and family language policy in transnational multilingual families
- On the influence of the first language on orthographic competences in German as a second language: a comparative analysis
- Validating the conceptual domains of elementary school teachers’ knowledge and needs vis-à-vis the CLIL approach in Chinese-speaking contexts
- Agentive engagement in intercultural communication by L2 English-speaking international faculty and their L2 English-speaking host colleagues
- Review Article
- Illuminating insights into subjectivity: Q as a methodology in applied linguistics research
- Research Articles
- Making sense of trans-translating in blogger subtitling: a netnographic approach to translanguaging on a Chinese microblogging site
- The shape of a word: single word characteristics’ effect on novice L2 listening comprehension
- Success factors for English as a second language university students’ attainment in academic English language proficiency: exploring the roles of secondary school medium-of-instruction, motivation and language learning strategies
- LexCH: a quick and reliable receptive vocabulary size test for Chinese Learners
- Examining the role of writing proficiency in students’ feedback literacy development
- Confucius Institute and Confucius Classroom closures: trends, explanations and future directions
- Translanguaging as decoloniality-informed knowledge co-construction: a nexus analysis of an English-Medium-Instruction program in China
- The effects of task complexity on L2 English rapport-building language use and its relationship with paired speaking test task performance