What is quality in the context of applied linguistic research? Addressing this question is both
an intellectual and ethical imperative for the field. Toward that end, I propose a four-part …

There has been considerable intrigue surrounding the use of Large Language Model
powered AI chatbots such as ChatGPT in research, educational contexts, and beyond …

As part of ongoing efforts to characterize the extent to which tasks and interaction-driven
language learning are influenced by individual differences (IDs), task-based researchers …

A few months ago, I was conducting a webinar on ethics in applied linguistics, and during
the Q&A session after my presentation, an online attendee used the chat function to ask me …

Building on the increased concern over methodological quality and research judgment in
applied linguistics and elsewhere in the social sciences (eg, Gass et al., 2021; Open …

This forum piece reports on a brief survey of current quantitative research ethics training
materials in Applied Linguistics (AL). This survey was conducted as a step towards an …

Concern for research integrity and ethics has been a part of scholarly publishing since the
earliest scientific journals were published. At the same time, scholarly publishing is big …

This paper analyses the methodologies in 148 empirical data‐driven learning studies for L2
English in prestige journals to examine best practice. Manual coding and corpus analysis of …

A growing body of research has begun to address ethical issues in the context of Applied
Linguistics (eg, De Costa, 2016; Isbell et al., 2022). One of the messages inherent in this line …

As a subdiscipline of applied linguistics, language testing was once ahead of the curve in
terms of advancing research methods, in particular, the application of quantitative analyses …