Eye Tracking: A Guide for Applied Linguistics Research

Abstract

The statement that the eyes provide a window into the mind brings the study of eye movement to the fore. This is evidenced by the rapid development of eye tracking and the proven availability of its application in many scientific domains, including psychology and psycholinguistics, as well as in more applied fields like translation studies. Increasingly, it is being used more widely in applied linguistics. The book Eye Tracking: A Guide for Applied Linguistics Research is dedicated to introducing how eye tracking can be utilised as a tool in applied linguistics research, sketching the overview of its full potential and vantage point in this field and highlighting some caveats to such a method. Its goal is to provide readers with a good foundation in the eye-tracking rationale and in comparisons among different technical equipment