Collecting Interview Data
Recording first-hand streams of evidence through observation is a desirable procedure in many cases of qualitative studies. However, not all language education research issues can be tackled based on the type of evidence gained in an observable setting li
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Doing Qualitative Research in Language Education
Seyyed-Abdolhamid Mirhosseini
Doing Qualitative Research in Language Education
Seyyed-Abdolhamid Mirhosseini Department of English Alzahra University Tehran, Iran
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Preface
Plant the root of goodness, and seek the path of tahghigh. (Hafez) In Persian, the equivalent for research is the word tahghigh, which is a rather bookish term. However, there is an interesting instance of the use of this word in everyday life by laypeople. Almost everyone would agree—at least in the Persian- speaking context around me—that, in everyday language, it reminds them of traditional marriage rituals in our culture. Traditionally, when a young man and his family make their minds in their search for a girl for him to marry, they make a formal proposal to the girl’s family. If the girl and her family basically agree with considering the proposal, a vital task, then, is to get to know the boy and his family and gain enough information about different aspects of their life to be able to come up with a yes/no response. The girl’s family and possibly a few close relatives and intimate friends would help with this process of searching for various types of evidence from different sources. This entire knowing attempt is referred to as tahghigh. This process interestingly projects several essential aspects of meaningful research in social sciences and humanities: a boiling concern, a painstaking proc
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