Applied Linguistics Research: Current Issues, Methods, and Trends
Aek Phakiti, Peter I. De Costa, Luke Plonsky, Sue Starfield · Palgrave Macmillan UK eBooks · 2018
This chapter provides a broad contextualisation of the Handbook , locating its focus within current debates and concerns of relevance to the field of applied linguistics. The editors highlight the field’s growing interest in research methodology and offer a rationale for the selection of topics and issues in the Handbook, such as methodological reform, transparency, transdisciplinarity, and the impact of technology.