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Doing Qualitative Research in Tesol: A Guide for New Researchers
Contributor(s): Burns, Anne (Author), Varshney, Rachel (Author)
ISBN: 0415891787     ISBN-13: 9780415891783
Publisher: Routledge
OUR PRICE:   $137.75  
Product Type: Hardcover
Published: January 2026
This item may be ordered no more than 25 days prior to its publication date of January 5, 2026
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BISAC Categories:
- Education | Research
- Foreign Language Study | English As A Second Language
Series: ESL & Applied Linguistics Professional
 
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This hands-on introduction to the qualitative research process specifically for ESL/EFL teachers and teacher educators introduces the concepts and offers a step-by-step guide with practical illustrations. Accessible and engaging, it both informs readers about the theory and parameters of qualitative research and enables them to construct and design their own projects.

A fundamental principle is the notion of scaffolding readers' knowledge and understanding of qualitative research. Readers are supported to interact with the commentary in each chapter through a series of ongoing interactive tasks and reflections that enable them progressively to apply the concepts in their own research studies. The illustrations of qualitative studies in each chapter, many of them carried out by novice qualitative researchers themselves, are drawn widely from international contexts

Responding to two fundamental questions asked by new researchers ─What is qualitative research? How should I carry out a qualitative research study?─ this is the text for applied linguistics/TESOL courses that introduce the key ideas and initiate students into these processes.