Journal of English Language Teaching

Research designs in second language acquisition: An overview

Mandvi Singh

Dept. of English, Banasthali University, Banasthali

Keywords: Qualitative research design, Quantitative research design, SLA Research Designs

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Abstract

Acquisition of various elements of English syntax in second language learners of English has been examined through various methodologies. The purpose of the present paper is to provide a brief summary of the various research designs that have been widely used by the researchers in this field. It is believed that a discussion of research design will be very useful for research scholars who want to pursue research in this field; therefore, some key methodological issues will be examined in detail. The paper consists of two sections: two main strategies for research in general are described in the first section; the second section provides a discussion of various types of research design used in the field of Second Language Acquisition (SLA, hereafter).

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