Questionnaires in Second Language Research

Construction, Administration, and Processing
2. New Auflage 2009
ISBN: 978-0-415-99819-2
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 200 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 237 mm, Gewicht: 412 g

Reihe: Second Language Acquisition Research Series

Questionnaires in Second Language Research: Construction, Administration, and Processing is the first guide in the second language field devoted to the question of how to produce and use questionnaires as reliable and valid research instruments. It offers a thorough overview of the theory of questionnaire design, administration, and processing, made accessible by concrete, real-life second language research applications. This Second Edition features a new chapter on how an actual scientific instrument was developed using the theoretical guidelines in the book, and new sections on translating questionnaires and collecting survey data on the Internet. Researchers and students in second language studies, applied linguistics, and TESOL programs will find this book invaluable, and it can also be used as a textbook for courses in quantitative research methodology and survey research in linguistics, psychology, and education departments.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Dornyei, Zoltan

Dörnyei, Zoltán

Taguchi, Tatsuya

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Forschung und Information Forschungsmethodik, Wissenschaftliche Ausstattung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction



1. Questionnaires in Second Language Research

1.1 What are ‘questionnaires’ and what do they measure?

1.2 Why use questionnaires and why not?

1.3 Questionnaires in quantitative and qualitative research



2. Constructing the Questionnaire

2.1 General features

2.2 The main parts of a questionnaire

2.3 Appropriate sampling of the questionnaire content and the significance of ‘multi-item scales’

2.4 ‘Closed-ended’ questionnaire items

2.5 Open-ended questions

2.6 How to write good items

2.7 Grouping and sequencing items

2.8 Translating the questionnaire

2.9 Computer programs for constructing questionnaires

2.10 Piloting the questionnaire and conducting item analysis



3. Administering the Questionnaire

3.1 Selecting the sample

3.2 Main types of questionnaire administration

3.3 Strategies to increase the quality and quantity of participant response

3.4 Questionnaire administration, confidentiality, and other ethical issues



4. Processing Questionnaire Data

4.1 Coding questionnaire data

4.2 Inputting the data

4.3 Processing closed questions

4.4 Content analysis of open-ended questions

4.5 Computer programs for processing questionnaire data

4.6 Summarizing and reporting questionnaire data

4.7 Complementing questionnaire data with other information



5. Illustration: Developing a Motivation Questionnaire

5.1 Construction of the initial questionnaire

5.2 Translating and initial piloting

5.3 Final piloting and item analysis

5.4 The final version of the Japanese questionnaire and post hoc item analysis

5.5 Adapting the questionnaire for use in China and Iran



Conclusion and Checklist

References

Appendix A: Combined List of the Items Included in the Questionnaires Discussed in Chapter 5

Appendix B: The Final Version of the Questionnaires Used in Japan, China and Iran

Appendix C: Selected List of Published L2 Questionnaires

Über Autor(innen)

Zoltán Dörnyei is Professor of Psycholinguistics in the School of English Studies at the University of Nottingham, UK.

Tatsuya Taguchi is a PhD candidate in the School of English Studies at the University of Nottingham, UK.