The Routledge Handbook of Technological Advances in Researching Language Learning is the first volume to bring together the extant scholarship on the nature and role of digital technology in conducting second language research.
The Handbook showcases technological advances, including issues and considerations, affecting research conduction in second language education. The contributions focus on the role of digital technology in researching second language education, second language acquisition, and applied linguistics. Contributions by both seasoned and junior scholars feature empirical studies and methodological and/or theoretical discussions of technological tools used (or tools that can be used) for conducting research into various aspects of second language learning and acquisition.
This book will primarily appeal to academic specialists, practitioners, and professionals in the field of applied linguistics and second language education. The book will also be informative for scholars and professionals in disciplines such as educational technology and TESOL.
The Routledge Handbook of Technological Advances in Researching Language Learning is the first volume to bring together the extant scholarship on the nature and role of digital technology in conducting second language research.
List of Contributors
Foreword: Dorothy M. Chun
Acknowledgements
Chapter
1. Technology in Researching Language Learning: An Overview
Section 1: Technology and Data Collection in Applied Linguistics Research:
Options and Considerations
Chapter
2. Online data collection in applied linguistics
Chapter
3. Collecting real data in Virtual Reality (VR) settings: Best
practices
Chapter
4. The use of screencasting in corrective feedback research:
Advantages and limitations
Chapter
5. The role, nature, and challenges of the use of online testing
methodology in measuring language instruction (structured input and textual
enhancement)
Chapter
6. The role of digital technology in second language listening
assessment and pedagogy research
Chapter
7. Automated grammatical error correction in researching written
learner language
Chapter
8. Digital language portraits in multilingualism research
Chapter
9. Researching technology-enhanced oral feedback in L2 learning: A
methodological review
Chapter
10. Technological innovations in researching language assessment: A
scoping review
Chapter
11. Ethical concerns and considerations for videoconferencing
interviews in Applied Linguistics research
Section 2: Technology and L2 Learning Research: Empirical Studies
Chapter
12. Using game-mediated digital tasks to elicit data on incidental
vocabulary learning
Chapter
13. Designing computer-assisted language learning tools as platforms
for data collection in applied linguistics
Chapter
14. YellowDig discussion board as a tool for researching L2 learning
Chapter
15. Stimulated recall interviews using digital technology in L2
research
Chapter
16. Exploring the role of technology in capturing complex learning
environments
Section 3: Technology and Second Language Processing/Psycholinguistics
Research
Chapter
17. Electroencephalography with iMotions in language learning
research: Opening the Black Box
Chapter
18. Conducting web-based experiments in L2 psycholinguistic research
Chapter
19. Eye-tracking in reading research: What it is, what it is not, and
what it may become
Chapter
20. Eye-tracking and self-paced reading: Evaluation of experimental
technologies in investigating the processing of relative clause sentence
structures by Japanese L2 learners of English
Chapter
21. Using millisecond timing of typewritten production to understand
lexical processing in non-Latin scripts: Evidence from Persian
Chapter
22. Keylogging and screencasting to help investigate L2 writing
processes
Section 4: Technology and Language Teacher Education Research
Chapter
23. The affordances of video conferencing for evidence-based
reflective practice and multimodal corpus research in teacher education
practicum contexts
Chapter
24. Enhancing research in teacher wellbeing through digital
technology
Chapter
25. Technology-supported interviews in Applied Linguistics research:
Dialogic data collection
Chapter
26. Unveiling the digital canvas: Technologys role in language
teacher education research
Chapter
27. Redefining digital technologies in teacher education and
professional development research: An integrated evaluation approach
Section 5: Technology and L2 Pragmatics Research
Chapter
28. Technology-enhanced data collection methods in L2 pragmatics
research
Chapter
29. Spoken Dialogue Systems and ChatGPT for second language
pragmatics research
Chapter
30. Researching L2 interactional repertoires in Zoom-mediated
environments
Chapter
31. Using high-immersion social virtual reality environments for
researching interculturality
Section 6: Technology and Conducting Literature Reviews and Meta-Analyses
Chapter
32. Systematic reviews in applied linguistics: Tools and frameworks
Chapter
33. Study screening for meta-research: An overview of AI tools
Chapter
34. A corpus approach to systematic literature reviews
Section 7: Technology and Analysing L2 Data
Chapter
35. Machine Learning (ML) tools for measuring second language (L2)
intelligibility
Chapter
36. Affordances of screencast technology for analyzing engagement
with computer-mediated feedback on L2 writing
Chapter
37. Corpus linguistics in second language vocabulary research
Chapter
38. Conclusion: Where next?
Index
Karim Sadeghi is a professor of TESOL/Applied Linguistics at Dhofar University, Oman. Prior to this, he held positions at Urmia University, Iran, and University of Wales Trinity Saint David, UK. He is the Founding Editor-in-Chief of Iranian Journal of Language Teaching Research (a top 9% Scopus-indexed journal). His recent publications have appeared in top-tier journals, including System, English for Specific Purposes Journal, and RELC Journal, among others. His most recent book publication, with Dan Douglas, is Fundamental Considerations in Technology Mediated Language Assessment (published in 2023 by Routledge). His other publications include Assessing Second Language Reading (2021), Talking about Second Language Acquisition (2022), Theory and Practice in Second Language Teacher Identity (2022, with F Ghaderi), and Technology Assisted Language Assessment in Diverse Contexts (Routledge, 2023).