Approaching English Language Research

Desmond Allison

This book is designed to help students approach research in English Language studies. Its concerns include project, dissertation and thesis research and writing. In this book, the author sets out some of the major issues in English Language research and suggests where to look for more information and ideas. Exercises in the text add practical ways of engaging with research, design and reporting issues. There are also guidelines on research planning and proposal writing, reading and reviewing other research, and reporting research in publishable articles and academic dissertations. The book is suitable for adoption in courses on research and research methods in the study of the English Language.
 

«provides an excellent theoretical and data-rich induction into some of the major approaches and issues crucial to understanding and producing research in English language studies.»
- Rani Rubdy, English for Specific Purposes, vol. 23, issue 1 (2004).

«a very accessible, practical and useful introduction to research, for both teacher-researchers and researcher-teachers.»
- Hong Kong Journal of Applied Linguistics

Desmond ALLISON used to lecture in the Department of English Language and Literature, National University of Singapore.

publication year: 2002
282 pages
ISBN: 978-9971-69-258-2  Paperback  US$20.00  S$28.00