Combine approaches involving expxerimetal and observational techiques
TECHNIQUES FOR DATA COLLECTION
OBSERVATIONS
Activities of interaction, instructions and events that occur in second and foreing language classroom
Conducting: Plan all the activities in order to compromissing quality of the lesson
Observation procedures:
ADVANTAGES: relative ease of use, comparability with other studies, simplified analysis, measuring change over time periods
CAVEATS: it is neccesary to determine the appropriate scheme for the research goal
TECHNIQUES FOR DATA ELICITATION
UPTAKE SHEETS
Collection of learner's reports about their learning.
STIMULATED RECALL
DIARY RESEARCH
It is an audiotape or videotape recording by the teacher that plays it and ask a participant what he had been thinking at a particular point of time
Diaries of classroom contexts can produce useful data
on a range of aspects of the second language learning process. These include
individual learners' and instructors' insights into their own learning
and teaching processes
PURPOSES AND TYPES
The relationship betwee instruction and learning in Second language classrooms