List of Figures and Tables Notes on Contributors Introductory chapters What is Research? Kenneth Fordyce An Overview of Methodological Approaches Maririn Hennebry-Leung Planning Research Angela M. Gayton Research Ethics in Applied Linguistics Tove Larsson, Merja Kytö, Luke Plonsky, Scott Sterling, Katherine Yaw Conversation Analysis Daniel Lam Critical Discourse Analysis Dinh Thien Loc, Tom Bartlett Corpus Methods for Linguistic Analysis Raffaella Bottini Conducting Interviews Nina Inavati, Yi Sun, Jiapei Xia, Xuesong (Andy) Gao Focus Groups Xiaomei Sun Stimulated Recall Qianqian Zhou, Jian-E Peng Creative Methods with Young Learners Ania Byerly Observation as a Research Method Maria Inez Probst Lucena, Sávio Siqueira Questionnaires in Applied Linguistics Kata Csizér, Imre Fekete Quasi-experimental Methods Christopher Nicklin, Luke Plonsky, Joseph P. Vitta Getting Started with Systematic Reviews Gary Bonar, Jiazhou Yao, Thi Kin Anh Dang Appendix A Key to Tasks in Chapter 13 Appendix B Answers to Tasks in Chapter 14.