Questionnaires in Second Language Research: Construction, Administration, and Processing

Dörnyei (applied linguistics, U. of Nottingham, UK) has some 15 years of experience in using questionnaires in his research on language learning motivation. He offers this practical textbook for use in courses in quantitative research methodology and survey research in language acquisition programs in linguistics, psychology, and education departments. Coverage includes the nature, merits, and shortcomings of questionnaires; the construction and administration of the questionnaire; and processing questionnaire data. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR