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In:Reflexive and Reflective Research Approaches in Applied Linguistics
Edited by Pejman Habibie and Richard D. Sawyer
[Research Methods in Applied Linguistics 8] 2025
► pp. 248–266

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Chapter 14
Contemporary Applied Linguistics Research

Between reflection and reflexivity

ORCiD logo with link | Arizona State University
Published online: 3 March 2025
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https://doi.org/10.1075/rmal.8.14pri
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 English Language Teaching (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.
Article outline
  • Reflections on applied linguistics
  • Four dialogic approaches
  • Reflections on reflexivity
    • First-order reflexivity
    • Second-order reflexivity
  • Reflexivity for…what?
    • Reflexivity and research practices
    • Reflexivity and educational institutions
    • Reflexivity and society
  • Concluding reflections
  • Notes
  • References
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