Pathfinder for TSL 6900: Research Seminar in TESOL
Professional Sites
TESOL, the largest U.S. professional association for ESL teachers
CALICO, the Computer Assisted Language Instruction Consortium
IATEFL, International Association of Teachers of English as a Foreign Language
Web-based Resource Sites
The Linguist List, site managed by Eastern Michigan and Wayne State Universities with numerous links to ESL resources
NCELA, National Clearinghouse for English Language
Acquisition and Language Instruction Educational Programs
TEFL.Net, site dedicated to links and resources for Teaching English as a foreign or secondary language
CAELA: Center for Adult English Language Acquisition (funded by the US Department of Education’s Office of Vocational and Adult Education) Research and Evidence-based resources
National Center for Educational Statistics, from the US Department of Education and the Institute of Education Sciences
Selected peer-reviewed free-access TESOL E-journals
TESL-EJ, peer-reviewed articles on TESOL research and practice (hosted by UC Berkeley writing program)
http://cwp60.berkeley.edu:16080/tesl-ej
AERA SIG Communication of Research (links to a variety of scholarly, full text, peer-reviewed journals)
http://aera-cr.asu.edu/ejournals
Bilingual Research Journal, peer-reviewed electronic equivalent of paper journal produced by the National Clearinghouse for Bilingual Education
Language, Learning, & Technology, covers technology issues in language learning (hosted by MSU)
Asian EFL Journal, includes issues of teaching EFL to Asian students
http://www.asian-efl-journal.com
Journal of Language & Linguistics/Journal of Language & Learning, two peer-reviewed journals on linguistic topics
http://www.jllonline.org/journals.aspx
Databases available through the Madonna Library (to find academic/peer-reviewed articles on your topic)
Academic OneFile (Gale)
Education Full Text (WilsonWeb)
ERIC (CSA)
Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection (EBSCOhost)
MLA International Bibliography (CSA)
Selected Reference Titles in Madonna Library
H62.B63 2004
Asking Questions: the definitive guide to questionnaire design. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2004.
H62.H224 2004
Handbook of Data Analysis. London: Sage, 2004.
HA17.V64 2005
Dictionary of Statistics & Methodology: a nontechnical guide for the social sciences. Thousand Oaks: Sage, 2005.
HM538.M48 2004
Methods for Testing and Evaluating Survey Questionnaires. Hoboken: Wiley, 2004.
P115.H365 2004
The Handbook of Bilingualism. Malden, MA: Blackwell, 2004.
P118.2.H359 2005
Handbook of Research in Second Language Teaching and Learning. Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum, 2005.
P118.2.H363 2003
The Handbook of Second Language Acquisition. Malden, MA: Blackwell, 2003.
Selected Non-Reference Titles by Subject Area
Quantitative and Qualitative Research
BF76.5.F5713 2006
An Introduction to Qualitative Research. London: Sage, 2006.
H61.C73 2007
Qualitative Inquiry & Research Design: choosing among five approaches. Thousand Oaks: Sage, 2007.
H61.28.S45 2006
Interviewing as Qualitative Research. New York: Teachers College Press, 2006.
H62.C6962 2007
Designing and Conducting Mixed Methods Research. Thousand Oaks: Sage, 2007.
H62.C6963 2003
Research Design: qualitative, quantitative, and mixed method approaches. Thousand Oaks: Sage, 2003 (older edition of above).
H62.M4228 2002
Qualitative Research in Practice. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2002.
P118.2.M56 2005
Mind and Context in Adult Second Language Acquisition: methods, theory, and practice
Washington, DC: Georgetown UP, 2005.
Q180.55.M4 M39 2005
Qualitative Research Design. Thousand Oaks: Sage, 2005.
Other Research Methods
H61.28.F47 2001
Advanced Focus Group Research. Thousand Oaks: Sage, 2001.
LB1028.H313 2006
Doing Case Study Research: a practical guide for beginning researchers. New York: Teachers College Press, 2006.
P118.2.D67 2003
Questionnaires in Second Language Research: construction, administration, and processing. Mahwah,NJ: Erlbaum, 2003.
Statistics
QA276.G586 2006
Common Errors in Statistics (and how to avoid them). Hoboken: Wiley, 2006.
QA276.K253 2006
The Tao of Statistics: a path to understanding (with no math). Thousand Oaks: Sage, 2006.
QA276.12.C67 2006
Statistics: a gentle introduction. Thousand Oaks: Sage, 2006.
QA276.18.G73 2006
Developing Thinking in Statistics. London: Open University, 2006.
QA276.3.Y68 2006
Visual Statistics: seeing data with dynamic interactive graphics. Hoboken: Wiley, 2006.
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