Designing Second Language Study Abroad Research

1. Introduction: Inviting critical reflections on methodology from our own field (Janice McGregor & John L. Plews).- Section 1: Research Paradigms and Approaches.- 2. Quantitative study abroad research: Challenges and recommendations (Peter Ecke).- 3. The case of the SALA project: Constructs and methods revisited (Carmen Pérez-Vidal).- 4. Toward a transformative decolonial paradigm of study abroad research (Ian Craig).- 5. Addressing the ideologies of study abroad: Views from the U.S. context (Emma Trentman).- Section 2: Data and Instruments.- 6. A critical appraisal of research interviews as a qualitative method of data generation in study abroad research (Janice McGregor & Julieta Fernández).- 7. Are natural conversations natural? Critical reflections on using participants’ self-recorded conversations, the positioning of researchers, and participant self-censorship (Wenhao Diao).- 8. Researching andmeasuring second language pragmatic development in study abroad: Insight from Arabic (Khaled Al Masaeed).- Section 3: Participants and Contexts.- 9. Expanding participant voice within a social justice framework: A critical dialogic approach (Shelley Dawson).- 10. Understanding diverse learning abroad through case-study research (Simon McKinnon).- 11. Challenging the language learner as the only source of data in study abroad research (Sònia Mas-Alcolea & Àngels Llanes).- 12. Sojourners online: Social media and online communication as a data source in study abroad research (Levi Durbidge).- 13. Decolonizing the gaze: Intercultural competence urgency and study abroad challenges in Africa (Jean-Blaise Samou).- 14. Implementing longitudinal, reflective follow-up study abroad research: Following former pre-service teachers into professional practice (Roswita Dressler, Colleen Kawalilak, Katherine Crossman, Sandra Becker).- Section 4: Analysis of Data.- 15. Group interviewing and multilingualism in ethnographic study abroad research: Speaking Korean in Tanzania (Jamie A. Thomas).- 16. Discourse analysis in study abroad research (Rachel Shively).