Abstract
The idiodynamic method is a relatively new mixed-method approach to studying in real time the complex dynamics of integrated affective and cognitive states that interact continuously with human communication. The method requires video recording a sample of communication from a research participant and then using specialized software to play the video back while collecting contemporaneous self-reported ratings (approximately one per second) on one or more focal variables of interest to the researcher, such as willingness to communicate (WTC) or communication anxiety (CA). After the participant rates the communication sample, a continuous graph of changes in the focal variable is printed. The final step is to interview the speaker to gather an explanation for changes in the ratings, for example at peaks or valleys in the graph. The method can also collect observer ratings that can then be compared with the speaker’s self-ratings. To date, studies have been conducted examining WTC, CA, motivation, perceived competence, teacher self-efficacy, teacher empathy, and strategy use, among other topics. The strengths and limitations of the method will be discussed and a specific example of its use in measuring WTC and CA will be provided.
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Artikel in diesem Heft
- Frontmatter
- Research Articles
- Transdisciplinary research methods and complexity theory in applied linguistics: introduction to the special issue
- Toward a transdisciplinary integration of research purposes and methods for complex dynamic systems theory: beyond the quantitative–qualitative divide
- The complex dynamics of adaptive teaching: observing teacher-student interaction in the language classroom
- Emergent bilinguals in a digital world: a dynamic analysis of long-term L2 development in (pre)primary school children
- The idiodynamic method: willingness to communicate and anxiety processes interacting in real time
- Measures of variability in transitional phases in second language development
- System mapping simplex spaces: facilitating change in L2 educational contexts from a complexity theory perspective
Artikel in diesem Heft
- Frontmatter
- Research Articles
- Transdisciplinary research methods and complexity theory in applied linguistics: introduction to the special issue
- Toward a transdisciplinary integration of research purposes and methods for complex dynamic systems theory: beyond the quantitative–qualitative divide
- The complex dynamics of adaptive teaching: observing teacher-student interaction in the language classroom
- Emergent bilinguals in a digital world: a dynamic analysis of long-term L2 development in (pre)primary school children
- The idiodynamic method: willingness to communicate and anxiety processes interacting in real time
- Measures of variability in transitional phases in second language development
- System mapping simplex spaces: facilitating change in L2 educational contexts from a complexity theory perspective