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Foreword Realities of doing research in applied linguistics Part I Responding to problems in the research planning stage Studying down versus studying up: Selecting whom to research Responding to theoretical shifts in research design Overcoming problematic positionality and researcher objectivity Doing collaborative research: Challenges and opportunities Part II Responding to problems during data collection Dealing with data collection setbacks and reframing research questions Dealing with participant attrition in longitudinal studies Dealing with low response rates in quantitative studies Dealing with multilingualism in quantitative research Part III Researching vulnerable groups It isn?t child?s play: Conducting research with children as participants Conducting longitudinal fieldwork among adult refugees Researching people with disabilities and illnesses: ethical dimensions Conducting research with deaf sign language users Researching your own students: Negotiating the dual teacher-researcher role Part IV Responding to problems during data analysis 15. Dealing with longitudinal quantitative designs and data analysis 16. Managing the uncomfortable side of narrative data and analysis 17. Grappling with originality and grounding in qualitative data analysis 18. Negotiating the relationship between theory and practice in the fields of literacy and language Part V Responding to problems in the reporting of research 19. Dealing with controversial findings 20. Reporting on politically sensitive issues: The case of telling the truth about early L2 instruction 21. Dealing with criticism when publishing qualitative research 22. Representing the self honestly in published research 23. Publishing from a dissertation: One book, or many articles? Afterword: Strategies for getting the study published

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