Expanding Methodological Approaches in <scp>DDL</scp> Research
Alex Boulton, Nina Vyatkina
Abstract
ABSTRACT This paper analyses the methodologies in 148 empirical data‐driven learning studies for L2 English in prestige journals to examine best practice. Manual coding and corpus analysis of key words and n‐grams from the past 5 years (2018–2022) explore the field as a whole and how methodologies have evolved, suggesting improvements and future avenues for research.
Topics & Concepts
PrestigeCoding (social sciences)Key (lock)Field (mathematics)Computer scienceData scienceEmpirical researchLinguisticsNatural language processingSociologyEpistemologySocial sciencePhilosophyMathematicsComputer securityPure mathematicsNatural Language Processing TechniquesSecond Language Acquisition and LearningSecond Language Learning and Teaching