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Integrated geospatial methods for multilingual cities: Combining GPS, electronically activated recorder, and map-based ethnographic interviews 多语言城市的综合地理空间方法：将全球定位系统、电子激活记录仪和基于地图的人种学访谈相结合

Research Methods in Applied Linguistics Pub Date : 2024-09-06 DOI: 10.1016/j.rmal.2024.100147

Bernadette O'Rourke , Qunshan Zhao , Alejandro Dayán-Fernández , Euan Dickson , Ruiyu Wang , Mingkang Wang , Lei Zhang , Muhammad Imran

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More accurate estimation for nonrandom sampling surveys: A post hoc correction method 为非随机抽样调查提供更准确的估算：事后修正法

Research Methods in Applied Linguistics Pub Date : 2024-09-05 DOI: 10.1016/j.rmal.2024.100152

Takunori Terasawa

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Assessing interactional competence through group discussion: A mixed methods validation 通过小组讨论评估互动能力：混合方法验证

Research Methods in Applied Linguistics Pub Date : 2024-09-03 DOI: 10.1016/j.rmal.2024.100144

John Syquia , Paul Leeming

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Random-item Rasch models and explanatory extensions: A worked example using L2 vocabulary test item responses 随机项目 Rasch 模型和解释性扩展：使用 L2 词汇测试项目回答的工作示例

Research Methods in Applied Linguistics Pub Date : 2024-08-30 DOI: 10.1016/j.rmal.2024.100143

Karen J. Dunn

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Analyzing metadiscourse in L2 writing for academic purposes: Models and approaches 分析以学术为目的的第二语言写作中的元话语：模式和方法

Research Methods in Applied Linguistics Pub Date : 2024-08-24 DOI: 10.1016/j.rmal.2024.100149

Shuyi Amelia Sun, Feng (Kevin) Jiang

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Representativeness and metadata presentation in learner/child corpora: Lessons from the GiG and TRAWL corpora 学习者/儿童语料库的代表性和元数据展示：GiG 和 TRAWL 语料库的经验教训

Research Methods in Applied Linguistics Pub Date : 2024-08-23 DOI: 10.1016/j.rmal.2024.100145

Hildegunn Dirdal , Stine H. Johansen , Philip Durrant

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An introduction to CIABATTA: Increasing accessibility to corpus creation for non-experts CIABATTA 简介：提高非专业人员创建语料库的便利性

Research Methods in Applied Linguistics Pub Date : 2024-08-23 DOI: 10.1016/j.rmal.2024.100146

Larissa Goulart , Shelley Staples , Aleksey Novikov , Adriana Picoral , Randi Reppen

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Duoethnography and English for research publication purposes: Promises and challenges 以研究出版为目的的双重民族志和英语：承诺与挑战

Research Methods in Applied Linguistics Pub Date : 2024-08-22 DOI: 10.1016/j.rmal.2024.100148

Pejman Habibie , Richard D. Sawyer

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Building a corpus of student academic writing in EMI contexts: Challenges in corpus design and data collection across international higher education settings 建立 EMI 环境下的学生学术写作语料库：国际高等教育背景下语料库设计和数据收集的挑战

Research Methods in Applied Linguistics Pub Date : 2024-08-10 DOI: 10.1016/j.rmal.2024.100140

Dana Gablasova , Luke Harding , Raffaella Bottini , Vaclav Brezina , Haoshan (Sally) Ren , Giovanni Iamartino , Yingyu Li , Tanjun Liu , Laura Poggesi , Kristof Savski , Anuchit Toomaneejinda , Angela Zottola

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Comparative judgement for advancing research in applied linguistics 推进应用语言学研究的比较判断

Research Methods in Applied Linguistics Pub Date : 2024-07-29 DOI: 10.1016/j.rmal.2024.100142

Peter Thwaites , Magali Paquot

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