Second Language Acquisition, Applied Linguistics, and the Teaching of Foreign Languages

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1 What was the research question?
Kramsch (2000) asks about the significance of Applied Linguistics in second-language acquisition (SLA) and SLA-related aspects of a study. Applied Linguistics refers to the multidisciplinary field that studies the process of acquiring language and its theoretical principles.
2 Describe the methods used by the author(s) and why those methods fit the research question well. Include sources that guided the authors' methodological decisions.
The researcher utilized a qualitative research design. Specifically, the researcher used a qualitative survey (Kramsch, 2000). Deakin University (2022) explained that qualitative surveys use open-ended questions to extract oral or typewritten information. The objective of the surveys is to gain information on opinions, narratives, experiences, or accounts. Moreover, surveys can be prerequisites for qualitative case studies that utilize instrumental interviews. Hence, the research method is appropriate since it needs the participants' opinions on Applied Linguistics and SLA.
3 Describe the sample. How were the participants identified and described?
The sample consists of university affiliates. Those who were included in the interviews were the assistant professors and senior lecturers (Kramsch, 2000). The others do ...