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Qualitative Research in Language Teaching and Learning Journals, 1997–2006
Abstract
In the light of widespread discussion of qualitative approaches to language teaching and learning research in recent years, this article reports on a survey of qualitative data‐based articles published in 10 major journals between 1997 and 2006. The survey revealed that 477 qualitative articles (22% of the total number published) had appeared in the 10 journals over this period, that the year‐by‐year totals were relatively stable over the 10‐year period of the survey, and that there was considerable variation among the journals. An analysis of the articles in terms of approaches to qualitative research showed that methodological eclecticism, rather than adherence to established traditions, is now the dominant characteristic of published qualitative work in our field.
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“In the 25 years since the publishing of Edge and Richards ' (1998) landmark discussion of epistemological claims in qualitative applied linguistics research, the volume of published qualitative studies in language education has notably increased (Benson et al., 2009; Lazaraton, 2000; McKinley, 2019; Richards, 2006, 2009; Zhang, 2019).”
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Metadata
- Authors
- BENSON, P., CHIK, A., GAO, X., HUANG, J., & WANG, W.
- Affiliations
- Education University of Hong Kong (HK)
- City University of Hong Kong (HK)
- University of Hong Kong (HK)
- Corresponding author
- BENSON, PHIL
- CHIK, ALICE
- GAO, XUESONG
- HUANG, JING
- Venue
- The Modern Language Journal
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2009-02-09
- Volume
- 93
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 79-90
- ISSN
- 0026-7902 (ISSN-L)
- 1540-4781
- OpenAlex
- W2029662711
- Cited by
- 92
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2026: 6 · 2025: 5 · 2024: 4 · 2023: 1 · 2022: 6 · 2021: 6 · 2020: 5 · 2019: 5 · 2018: 7 · 2017: 9 · 2016: 6 · 2015: 1 · 2014: 5 · 2013: 7 · 2012: 5
- FWCI
- 24.06
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Modern Language Journal (publishedVersion)
- Hong Kong Education Bibliographic Database (submittedVersion)
- The HKU Scholars Hub (University of Hong Kong) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Education › Educational Research and Methods
- Social Sciences › Education › Qualitative Research Methods and Applications
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Language and Linguistics › EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning
- Keywords
- qualitative research, language teaching research, language learning research, research methodology, methodological eclecticism, journal publication trends, research traditions
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