Another Arrow for the Quiver: A New Methodology for Multilingual Researchers

Autor/inn/en	Huang, Li; Lambert, James
Titel	Another Arrow for the Quiver: A New Methodology for Multilingual Researchers
Quelle	In: Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 41 (2020) 7, S.567-580 (14 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0143-4632
DOI	10.1080/01434632.2019.1596115
Schlagwörter	Multilingualism; Oral Language; Speech Communication; Research Methodology; Universities; Language Usage; Data Collection; Language Research; Foreign Countries; Signs; English (Second Language); Chinese; Indonesian Languages; Dravidian Languages; Language of Instruction; Second Language Learning; Second Language Instruction; Language Variation; French; College Faculty; College Students; Dining Facilities; Singapore + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Mehrsprachigkeit; Multilingualismus; Oral interpretation; Mündlicher Sprachgebrauch; Research method; Forschungsmethode; University; Universität; Sprachgebrauch; Data capture; Datensammlung; Sprachforschung; Ausland; Zeichensystem; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; China; Chinesen; Indonesisch; Teaching language; Unterrichtssprache; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Sprachenvielfalt; Französisch; Fakultät; Collegestudent; Mensa; Singapur
Abstract	This paper reports on a promising methodology for multilingualism studies that was trialled at the National Institute of Education (NIE) on the campus of Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore, in 2018. The methodology named the Aural-Oral Transect (AOT) is a systematic, easy-to-implement, unbiased way of collecting quantitative data on spoken language use in multilingual settings, and the data arising from its application provides a snapshot of the aural-oral landscape, that is, the landscape of 'heard speech', a landscape that is available to the ears rather than the eyes. With its ability to provide easy access to data on the actual speech habits of members of a multilingual community, the wide employment of the AOT could bring forth a revolution in multilingual studies. The AOT is not intended to supplant or obviate tried and tested data collection approaches, rather it is promoted here as an additional tool for gathering data that has hitherto remained out of reach, another arrow for the researcher's quiver. (As Provided).
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