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  title info:
    title: Role of the student's culture in second language acquisition
    sub title: an ethnography
  name:
    name part: Mertin, Patricia
    role:
      role term: creator
    role:
      role term: author.
  type of resource: text
  genre: Case studies.
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: xx
    place:
      place term: Place of publication not identified]
    publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
    date issued: 2017
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: remote
    extent: 1 online resource
  abstract: This case study reports on a doctoral research project conducted in a school using ethnography as the research method. The study aimed to identify the reason why students from some cultures appeared to take longer to acquire English for academic study than students from other cultures. As the culture of the students seemed to be the most relevant differentiating factor, the research methodology was based on the work of Pertti Alasuutari. The research method used was qualitative rather than quantitative and employed a variety of methods to provide different viewpoints of the situation. The methods used to collect data included observations in and out of classes; interviews (both structured and unstructured) with parents, teaching colleagues, and students; journal writing by the researcher and the participants; and case studies. Alasuutari refers to the next phase of the research process after data collection as unriddling. Here, the researcher re-reads, reflects, and compares the findings from the different methods to obtain a deeper view of what is going on. An important part of this unriddling process is called triangulation whereby the observations and conclusions from different methods of approach are compared to confirm or reject the findings. Both unriddling and triangulation of findings are essential to confirm the truth and reliability of the research findings and final conclusions.
  note: Patricia Mertin.
  note: Title from content provider.
  note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
  subject:
    topic: Second language acquisition
    topic: Research
    genre: Case studies
  subject:
    topic: Second language acquisition
    topic: Statistical methods
    topic: Research
    genre: Case studies
  subject:
    topic: Langue seconde
    topic: Acquisition
    topic: Recherche
    genre: Études de cas
  subject:
    topic: Langue seconde
    topic: Acquisition
    topic: Méthodes statistiques
    topic: Recherche
    genre: Études de cas
  subject:
    topic: Second language acquisition
    topic: Research
  classification: P118.2 .M47 2017
  classification: 401.93
  related item:
    title info:
      title: SAGE Research Methods
      part name: Cases. Part 2
  identifier: 9781526406552
  identifier: 1526406551
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  record info:
    record content source: COO
    record creation date: 170209
    record change date: 20240923170108.1
    record identifier: in00005492550
    language of cataloging:
      language term: eng