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  • 4 - The Methodology of Researching EAL

  • Michael Evans, University of Cambridge, Claudia Schneider, Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge, Madeleine Arnot, University of Cambridge, Linda Fisher, University of Cambridge, Karen Forbes, University of Cambridge, Yongcan Liu, University of Cambridge, Oakleigh Welply, Durham University
  • Book:
    Language Development and Social Integration of Students with English as an Additional Language
    Published online:
    03 July 2020
    Print publication:
    16 July 2020, pp 73-94

  • Summary

    This chapter discusses salient methodological considerations and challenges in undertaking empirical research with young, newly arrived migrant students. This includes questions relating to negotiating access, sampling of core participants, the role of language and use of interpreters, and the importance of giving migrant students a voice as part of an overall holistic approach which focuses on the student perspective and the relationship of this to school and parental perspectives. Approaches to assessing language development and social integration are explored. Such considerations raise questions about the relevance of conducting research with newcomer migrant students in a range of different countries and contexts. This chapter also provides an overview of the research design adopted in the studies funded by the Bell Foundation and explores how such methodological considerations were taken into account throughout the study.