2016浙江师范大学外国语学院.pptVIP

A Comparative Study of Two Data-Collecting Methods:Discourse Completion Tasks and Role Plays 洪 岗 zsdhong@ 浙江师范大学外国语学院 The presentation includes The background of the study The study Research questions The participants Instruments Procedures Data analysis results Conclusion Why this study? (1) “Methodology is one of the most basic questions for any discipline dealing with human interaction…. No matter what else we do, we must remember that if data are inadequate, there is always the danger that the theory and conclusion drawn from them could be unreliable and misleading.” (Wolfson, 1986: