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Location:	Turkey
Type of subjects/data:	Native and non-native speakers of English
No. of subjects/data:	11 and 143
Instruments:	Task/ activity
Method of analysis:	- Transfer participants' recordings to GoldWave - Measure the length of pauses proceding and following the 'that' complementizer in second - Fed the measurements into the SPSS for the calculation of means and mean comparisons
Other aspects:
Research design:
Level of detail:	Medium

Keywords:
Reading and speaking, Chunks, Pause, Native and non-native speakers of English

Location:	Ireland
Type of subjects/data:	Tutors (Teachers)
No. of subjects/data:	8
Instruments:	Interview, Audio-recordings
Method of analysis:	- Analyze audio-recordings of the class to assess the relationship between language use and pedagogic purpose - Prepare the self-evaluation of teacher talk (SETT) - Identify models of language use and transcribe the recordings
Other aspects:
Research design:
Level of detail:	Medium

Keywords:
Classroom discourse, Teacher talk

Location:	France
Type of subjects/data:	Corpus of naturally occuring classroom talk
No. of subjects/data:	1
Instruments:
Method of analysis:	- Transcribe classroom audio-recordings - Discourse analysis
Other aspects:
Research design:
Level of detail:	Low

Keywords:
Facilitator talk, IRF, Interaction

Location:	Hong Kong
Type of subjects/data:	Metaphors and semiles (images)
No. of subjects/data:	N/A
Instruments:	Interview, Questionnaire
Method of analysis:	- Group the metaphors appearing to be semantically related - Devise categories - Compare teacher and learner images
Other aspects:
Research design:
Level of detail:	Medium

Keywords:
Images, Metaphors and similes, Coursebooks

Location:	Japan
Type of subjects/data:	Students
No. of subjects/data:	N/A
Instruments:	Questionnaire
Method of analysis:	- Convert questionniare results into percentage - Group comments in the open-ended part into categories - Synthesize the main points - Identify possible constraints
Other aspects:	Questionniare items selection criteria
Research design:	Survey research
Level of detail:	Low

Keywords:
Course-specific questionnaire, Learners' needs, Course design, Course development

Location:	United Arab Emirates
Type of subjects/data:	Tutor, Tutee, Instructor
No. of subjects/data:	20, 34, 5
Instruments:	Questionnaire, Interview
Method of analysis:	- Record quotations from the questionniare in categories - Identify the key ideas
Other aspects:
Research design:
Level of detail:	Low

Keywords:
Peer tutoring, Evaluation

Location:	Japan
Type of subjects/data:	Students, Teachers, Teacher-researcher
No. of subjects/data:	71, 1, 1
Instruments:	Essay
Method of analysis:	- The teacher and teacher-researcher read the 1st and 2nd draft of students' work seperately - Two teachers consider the degree to which students utilize each between draft comment in revision (frequency counts and percentages) - Two teachers discuss, compare and check whether the changes improved the paper (Cramer's V, Chi-square)
Other aspects:	- Feedback procedure - Functions of content feedback: providing, describing and adding
Research design:
Level of detail:	Medium

Keywords:
Comment types, Students' revision, Teachers' feedback

Location:	China
Type of subjects/data:	Learners
No. of subjects/data:	40
Instruments:	Journal/diary, Interview, Verbal report
Method of analysis:	- Transcribe and code interview and verbal report data - Categorize and tally diary data - Re-examine the data - Re-check by an independent coder
Other aspects:	Model of language comprehension
Research design:
Level of detail:	Medium

Keywords:
Listening comprehension problems, Language learning, Cognitive framework

Location:	United States
Type of subjects/data:	International students, American students
No. of subjects/data:	15, 10
Instruments:	Journal/diary, Interview, Observation
Method of analysis:	- Transcribe class notes and video tapes - Conduct content analysis
Other aspects:
Research design:
Level of detail:	Low

Keywords:
Mixed composition class, ESL, Native English speakers, Class dynamics, Diversity

Location:	United Kingdom
Type of subjects/data:	Test candidate and examiners
No. of subjects/data:	33, 10
Instruments:	Test
Method of analysis:	- Transcribe interview data following the transcription conventions - Analyze the effects of the paired format: linguistic performance, psychological and gender issues
Other aspects:	Transcription conventions
Research design:
Level of detail:	Low

Keywords:
Paired format, Speaking test