Senior Lecturer, Department of English and German, University of Granada
Dr
Graeme Porte, Editor since 2002 of the Cambridge
University Press journal Language
Teaching,
is
senior lecturer in second language acquisition
at the University of Granada. His research work includes language
learning strategies, L1 attrition, and the
way
recent discoveries about human perception impact on SLA. His current
interests include replication research in applied linguistics. Graeme
Porte created, and manages, the "Journal Editors" forum,
which
currently includes the participation of editors from over 30
international applied linguistics journals. He is an invited member of the
Executive Editorial Board of Annual
Review of Applied Linguistics (CUP) and Studies in Second Language Acquisition (CUP). He is a senior
examiner for
the International Baccalaureate Diploma programme in English.
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Editor
Language Teaching
2015 Impact factor 2; JCR Ranking 9/179 - Linguistics journals:
Appraising Research in Second Language Learning
With its second, expanded edition published in 2010, and currently recommended or core reading on over 80 applied linguistics and TEFL postgraduate courses worldwide, this combined text- and workbook is the first to provide specific advice and support to those wishing to learn how to approach the systematic critical reading and analysis of research in our field. It seeks to answer a current need in the literature for a set of procedures that can be applied to the independent reading of quantitative research.
“Porte’s book is a welcome addition to
Benjamins’s Language
Learning and Language Teaching series
which offers a wealth of beneficial information on L2 research
methodology.
This second edition of the book exhibits a closer integration between
the main
text and the workbook and is a well-thought-out text with many
remarkable
qualities. Readers who use this book will find it very useful and
informative.
Given the depth and breadth of topics discussed in this volume, it has
made a
solid contribution to appraising quantitative research in L2 learning.
The book
would be an excellent choice for any introductory graduate research
seminar and
could be used alone or to supplement other texts. This book should
appeal to
those interested in conducting their own research in the field of
applied
linguistics and SLA.” The
Modern Language Journal (Wiley)
“The
author has succeeded in providing anyone working in the field of
applied
linguistics and/or second language acquisition with tools for reading
and
understanding the elements of a research paper. What makes the book
especially
appealing is that in the discussion of each of the elements are clear
examples
and questions to help readers engage with the material. The exercises
and tasks
in the workbook, the key terms in the glossary section, and the charts
in the
appendices, such as a flowchart to be used before choosing the
appropriate
measurement test, further enrich the book.” Linguistic Society of America