Ethics in Applied Linguistics Research Language Researcher Narratives [Paperback]

Ethics in Applied Linguistics Research explores how ethical issues are negotiated in different areas of language research, illustrating for graduate students in applied linguistics the ethical dilemmas they might encounter in the research methodology classroom and how they might be addressed. This volume serves to demystify the complex ethical decision-making process by its accounts of renowned researchers ethical practices as they transpired on the ground and how they negotiated externally imposed research codes. The collection investigates and records the research practices of prominent international applied linguists from a wide variety of subdisciplines, including discourse analysis, educational linguistics, heritage and minority education, language planning and policy, language and technology, literacy, second language acquisition, second and foreign language pedagogy, and sociolinguistics. By problematizing research practices that draw on a range of methodologies, Ethics in Applied Linguistics Researchputs front and center the urgency to prepare the next generation of applied linguists with the tools and knowledge necessary to conduct ethical research in an increasingly globalized and networked world.

Foreword:Lourdes Ortega  Introduction: Ethics in Applied Linguistics Research Peter I. De Costa  Part I: Laying the Groundwork  1. Training in Research Ethics among Applied Linguistics and SLA Researchers  Scott Sterling, Paula Winke, and Susan Gass  2. Data Selection as an Ethical Issue: Dealing with Outliers in Telling a Research Story Brian Paltridge  Part II: Applying Ethics to Different Linguistic Communities  3. Quotidian Ethics in the Neoliberal University: Research and lÝ