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Record Nr.

UNINA9910799965503321

Autore

Bowles Melissa A.

Titolo

The think-aloud controversy in second language research / / Melissa A. Bowles

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Routledge, , 2010

ISBN

1-135-14942-9

1-135-14943-7

1-282-58985-7

9786612589850

0-203-85633-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (185 p.)

Collana

Second language acquisition research series: theoretical and methodological issues

Disciplina

418.007/2

Soggetti

Second language acquisition - Research

Language and languages - Research

Thought and thinking - Study and teaching

English language - Study and teaching - Foreign speakers

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [151]-165) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 The Use of Verbal Reports in Language Research; 2 Controversy Over the Use of Think-Alouds: Reactivity; 3 Features that Make a Task Amenable to Think-Aloud: A Meta-Analysis of Studies Investigating the Validity of Think-Alouds on Verbal Tasks; 4 Data Collection Considerations; 5 Data Analysis Considerations; 6 Conclusion; Appendix A: Studies Included in the Meta-Analysis; Appendix B: Summary of Unique Sample Studies; Notes; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The Think-Aloud Controversy in Second Language Research aims to answer key questions about the validity and uses of think-alouds, verbal reports completed by research participants while they perform a task. It offers an overview of how think-alouds have been used in language research and presents a quantitative meta-analysis of findings from studies involving verbal tasks and think-alouds. The



book begins by presenting the theoretical background and empirical research that has examined the reactivity of think-alouds, then offers guidance regarding the practical issues of data collecti