Understanding Research in Second Language Learning: A Teacher's Guide to Statistics and Research Design
This text focuses on the skills and processes necessary for understanding statistical research in language learning Designed for language teachers with no previous background in statistics, the paperback edition focuses on the skills and processes necessary for understanding statistical research in language learning. Brown explains the basic terms of statistics, the structure and organization of statistical research reports, the system of statistical logic, and how to decipher tables, charts, and graphs. By the end of the book, readers will be able to make knowledgeable judgments about the relative qualities of a study and to assess the value of the results of a study in relation to a specific language teaching situation.
- Author
- James Dean Brown
- Format
- paperback
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Language
- english
- ISBN
- 9780521315517
- Release date
- 1988
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- Group Dynamics in the Language Classroom
- Motivational Strategies in the Language Classroom
- Communicative Language Teaching
- Course Design
- Collaborative Language Learning and Teaching
- Vocabulary, Semantics, and Language Education
- Teaching Languages to Young Learners
- Doing Second Language Research
- Testing in Language Programs
- Developments in English for Specific Purposes