In:Less Frequently Used Research Methodologies in Applied Linguistics
Edited by A. Mehdi Riazi
[Research Methods in Applied Linguistics 6] 2024
► pp. 264–272
Chapter 16Challenges and contributions of less frequently used
methodologies
Published online: 5 January 2024
https://doi.org/10.1075/rmal.6.16ria
https://doi.org/10.1075/rmal.6.16ria
Abstract
This concluding chapter is organized into four
sections. The first section, the introduction, discusses the
purpose of compiling the volume. In the second section, I
highlight some of the challenges faced by the researchers when
they used each methodology and the insights they gained.
Thirdly, I will provide a synthesis of the main ethical issues
discussed in the chapters and will attempt to relate them to the
current discussions of ethics in AL research. Finally, I will
elaborate on how these methodologies can inform research on
current and new language-related problems in the world we live
in. I hope these discussions will be the readers’ take-home
message if they consider employing these methodological
orientations in the future.
Article outline
- 1.Introduction
- 2.Challenges faced; insights gained
- 3.Ethical issues
- 4.Methodological contributions
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