Full Description
This collection is a comprehensive resource on conducting research in applied linguistics involving written genres that is distinctive in its coverage of a multiplicity of interdisciplinary perspectives.
The volume explores the central approaches, methodologies, analyses, and tools used in conducting genre-based research, extending the traditional focus on a single framework for defining genres by explicating the major approaches that have been invoked in applied linguistics. Chapters address a mix of commonly used methodologies (e.g., case studies, ethnographic approaches), types of analyses (e.g., metadiscourse, rhetorical move-step analysis, multidimensional analysis, lexical bundles and phrase frames, CALF measures, multimodal analysis), and studies that focus on other areas of second language (L2) teaching and learning (e.g., multilingualism, the Teaching and Learning Cycle). Taken together, the volume provides a theoretically and methodologically diverse introduction to foundational topics in genre-related research, supported by detailed discussions of the challenges and practical considerations to take into account when conducting research involving written genres.
This book is a valuable resource for graduate students, faculty, and researchers in applied linguistics, particularly those working in second language acquisition, L2 writing, and genre theory and pedagogy.
Chapter 2 of this book is freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF at http://www.taylorfrancis.com under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND) 4.0 license.
Contents
About the Editors
About the Contributing Authors
Chapter 1: Introduction
Matt Kessler, Charlene Polio
Section I: Research Methods
Chapter 2: Case Studies
Raffaella Negretti, Baraa Khuder
Chapter 3: Ethnographic Research
Christine M. Tardy
Section II: Analyses, Tools, and Topics
Chapter 4: Metadiscourse
Ken Hyland
Chapter 5: Rhetorical Move-Step Analysis
J. Elliott Casal, Matt Kessler
Chapter 6: Lexical Bundles and Phrase Frames
Viviana Cortes
Chapter 7: Multidimensional Analysis
Larissa Goulart, Shelley Staples
Chapter 8: Complexity, Accuracy, and Fluency (CALF) Measures
Charlene Polio, Hyung-Jo Yoon
Chapter 9: Multimodal Analysis
Larissa D'Angelo, Francesca Marino
Section III: Focus on the Learner and Learning
Chapter 10: Multilingualism and Multicompetence
Bruna Sommer-Farias
Chapter 11: Systemic Functional Linguistics and the (Expanded) Teaching and Learning Cycle
Kathryn Accurso, Jennifer Walsh Marr
Index
