This book provides a clear and accessible introduction to the main methods of analysing samples of learner language. It examines the theoretical and research bases for the different methods, and thereby serves as an introduction to the field of second language acquisition research.
1. Introduction
2. Collecting samples of learner language
3. Error Analysis
4. Obligatory occasion analysis
5. Frequency analysis
6. Functional analysis
7. Analysing accuracy, complexity, and fluency
8. Interactional analysis
9. Conversation analysis
10. Sociocultural methods of analysis
etc.