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Synthesizing research on language learning and teaching / edited by John M. Norris, Lourdes Ortega.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Language learning and language teaching ; v. 13.Publication details: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia, Pa. : John Benjamins Pub., ©2006.Description: 1 online resource (xiii, 349 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
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  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9789027293671
  • 9027293678
  • 9027219656
  • 9789027219657
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Synthesizing research on language learning and teaching.DDC classification:
  • 418.0072 22
LOC classification:
  • P118.2 .S96 2006eb
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Contents:
The value and practice of research synthesis for language learning and teaching / John M. Norris and Lourdes Ortega -- Principles, parameters, and SLA : a retrospective meta-analytic investigation into adult L2 learners' access to Universal Grammar / Thomas H. Dinsmore -- Investigating the empirical link between task-based interaction and acquisition : a meta-analysis / Casey M. Keck, Gina Iberri-Shea, Nicole Tracy-Ventura, and Safary Wa-Mbaleka -- The effectiveness of corrective feedback for the acquisition of L2 grammar : a meta-analysis of the research / Jane Russell and Nina Spada -- Effects of L2 instruction on interlanguage pragmatic development : a meta-analysis / Eun Hee Jeon and Tadayoshi Kaya -- The effects of Explicit Reading Strategy Training on L2 reading comprehension : a meta-analysis / Alan Taylor, John R. Stevens, and J. William Asher -- A meta-synthesis of qualitative research on effective teaching practices for English language learners / Kip Téllez and Hersh C. Waxman -- Research synthesis and historiography : the case of assessment of second language proficiency / Margaret Thomas -- Meta-analysis, human cognition, and language learning / Nick C. Ellis -- Some reflections on the development of (meta-analytic) synthesis in second language research / Craig Chaudron.
Summary: This volume presents the first collection of work on research synthesis in applied linguistics. It introduces readers to a cutting-edge approach for reviewing and summarizing exactly what accumulated research has to say about theoretical and practical subjects. John Norris and Lourdes Ortega first elucidate the value and practice of synthesis, and they challenge all members of the research community to adopt a "synthetic ethic". The book then features seven empirical syntheses, each modeling rigorous synthetic practice in definitively reviewing the state of knowledge and research quality in
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The value and practice of research synthesis for language learning and teaching / John M. Norris and Lourdes Ortega -- Principles, parameters, and SLA : a retrospective meta-analytic investigation into adult L2 learners' access to Universal Grammar / Thomas H. Dinsmore -- Investigating the empirical link between task-based interaction and acquisition : a meta-analysis / Casey M. Keck, Gina Iberri-Shea, Nicole Tracy-Ventura, and Safary Wa-Mbaleka -- The effectiveness of corrective feedback for the acquisition of L2 grammar : a meta-analysis of the research / Jane Russell and Nina Spada -- Effects of L2 instruction on interlanguage pragmatic development : a meta-analysis / Eun Hee Jeon and Tadayoshi Kaya -- The effects of Explicit Reading Strategy Training on L2 reading comprehension : a meta-analysis / Alan Taylor, John R. Stevens, and J. William Asher -- A meta-synthesis of qualitative research on effective teaching practices for English language learners / Kip Téllez and Hersh C. Waxman -- Research synthesis and historiography : the case of assessment of second language proficiency / Margaret Thomas -- Meta-analysis, human cognition, and language learning / Nick C. Ellis -- Some reflections on the development of (meta-analytic) synthesis in second language research / Craig Chaudron.

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This volume presents the first collection of work on research synthesis in applied linguistics. It introduces readers to a cutting-edge approach for reviewing and summarizing exactly what accumulated research has to say about theoretical and practical subjects. John Norris and Lourdes Ortega first elucidate the value and practice of synthesis, and they challenge all members of the research community to adopt a "synthetic ethic". The book then features seven empirical syntheses, each modeling rigorous synthetic practice in definitively reviewing the state of knowledge and research quality in

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