总序
导读——第二语言研究中问卷调查法的特点及应用
Preface to the Second Edition
IntrOductiOn
Chapter 1 Questionnaires in Second Language Research
1.1 What Are“Questionnaires”and What Do They Measure?
1.1.1 What a Questionnaire Is Not
1.1.2 What Do Questionnaires Measure?
I.2 Using Questionnaires:Pros and Cons
1.2.1 Advantages
1.2.2 Disadvantages
1.3 Questionnaires in Quantitative and Qualitative
Research
Chapter 2 Constructing the Questionnaire
2.1 General Features
2.1.1 Length
2.1.2 Layout
2.1.3 Sensitive Topics and Anonymity
2.2 The Main Parts of a Questionnaire
2.2.1 Title
2.2.2 Instructions
2.2.3Questionnaire Items
2.2.4 Additional Information
2.2.5 Final“Thank YOu
2.3 Appropriate Sampling ofthe Questionnaire Content and the
Significance of“Multi-Item Scales'
2.3.1 Appropriate Sampling ofthe Content
2.3.2 Using Multi-Item Scales
2.4 “Closed-Ended”Questionnaire Items
2.4.1 Rating Scales
2.4.2 Multiple-Choice Items
2.4.3 Rank Order Items
2.4.4 Numeric Items
2.4.5 Checklists
2.5 Open.Ended Questions
2.5.1 Specific Open Questions
2.5.2 Clarification Questions
2.5.3 Sentence Completion Items
2.5.4 Short.Answer Questions
2.6 HOW to Write Good Items
2.6.1 Drawing Up an“Item Pool
2.6.2 Rules About Writing Items
2.6.3Writing Sensitive Items
2.7 Grouping and Sequencing Items
2.7.1 Clear and Orderly Structure
2.7.2 Opening Questions
2.7.3 Factual(or“Personal”or“Classification”)Questions attheEnd
2.7.4 Open-Ended Questions at the End
2.8 Translating the Questionnaire
2.8.1 Translation as a Team-Based Approach
2.8.2 Translation with Limited Resources
2.9 Computer Programs for Constructing Questionnaires
2.10 Piloting the Questionnaire and Conducting Item Analysis
2.10.1 Initial Piloting ofthe Item Pool
2.10.2 Final Piloting(“Dress Rehearsal”)
2.10.3 Item Analysis
Chapter 3 Administering the Questionnaire
Chapter 4 Processing Questionnaire Data
Chapter 5 Illustration:Developing a Motivation Questionnaire
References
Appendix A: Combined List of the Items Included in the
Questionnaires Discussed in Chapter 5
Appendix B:The Final Version of the Questionnaires Used
in JapanandChina
Appendix C:Selected List of Published L2 Questionnaires
研究案例:中国大学本科生英语学习动机类型
Author Index
Subjeet Index