Alternative Methods for Undertaking Qualitative Research

D.R. © First edition, 2012

D.R. © Universidad de Guanajuato Campus Guanajuato División de Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades Departamento de Lenguas Lascuráin de Retana no. 5, zona centro C.P. 36000, Guanajuato, Gto., México

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Contenido

Introduction 9

Use of Journals in Qualitative ResearchM. Martha Lengeling 13

From Interviews to NarrativesIrasema Mora Pablo 39

Doing Fieldwork to Research EFL Transitions in Mexican Educational SettingsNora M. Basurto Santos 65

Employing a Heuristic Device for Literary Analysis in Second Language WritingTroy Crawford Lewis 89

Methodological Approaches: An Approach to Data Collection and Analysis Employed in the Research of the Use of Film in the ELT ClassroomDouglas Goodwin 107

A Personal Exploration of the Use of Voiced Research Oscar Manuel Narváez Trejo 131

Stimulated Recall Tasks and Activity TheoryCarlos Montoro Sanjosé 157

Case Study: An Adjustable Research Approach Cecilio Luis de Jesús López 171

A Discourse Analysis Approach and MethodMartin Hyde 191

Análisis conversacional de orientación etnometodológica. Un enfoque que permite observar la adquisición de las lenguas extranjerasBuenaventura Rubio Zenil 205