Volume 3 - Issue 1 - June 2019
Latest issue of Journal of Applied Languages and Linguistics
Article
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TITLE: Critical analysis of the contribution made by qualitative and quantitative research
in English for Specific Purposes studies
Author: Hui Ma
School of Education-Queen’s University Belfast
69-71 University St, Belfast BT7 1HL, United Kingdom
Email: hma03@qub.ac.uk
Published online: 24 July 2019, pp. 23-36
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Citation:
Hui, M. (2019) Critical analysis of the contribution made by qualitative and quantitative research in English for Specific Purposes studies , Journal of Applied languages and Linguistics, 3(1), pp. 23-36.
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Qualitative and quantitative are the essential and basic research methods used in all the academic disciplines. English for Specific Purposes (ESP) is a new trend in the English studying world. Many studies have been done in ESP field. In this article, qualitative
and quantitative research methods used in the ESP field will be discussed, and the conclusion was made that qualitative research method suits ESP study better.
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Keywords: Qualitative research; Quantitative research; Mixed research methods; ESP
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