Methodological implications of participant and researcher multilingualism: making language dynamics visible

Abstract

Language can impact the research process in complex ways.This special issue (SI) brings together seven contributions which discuss the methodological implications of researching in a multilingual world, where researchers and/or research participants are likely to know more than one language.The papers examine the relationship between researchers' language ideologies and actual practices with multilingual participants, teams or projects, from a range of theoretical and methodological perspectives.The SI also considers positionality, including how researchers feeland are perceivedwhen working in one or more first languages (L1), a later learned language (LX), or a language outside of their linguistic repertoire (L0).It provides practical examples of the stages of researching multilingually, focusing on key decisions that researchers make over the course of their projects, which are seldom made visible in research reports.We argue that linguistic reflexivity is an essential practice, through which researchers make informed language-related choices and continually reflect on the role of language(s) throughout their research projects.These illustrative accounts, from various geographic contexts, offer lessons from experiencedistilled as questions and principlesto guide researchers in applied linguistics and beyond as they embark on the multifaceted journey of researching multilingually.Tafsiri za kimethodolojia za wingilugha wa watafiti na watoataarifa: kubainisha mienendo ya lugha IKISIRI Lugha inaweza kuathiri mchakato wa utafiti kwa namna changamani.Toleo hili maalumu linaleta makala saba zinazojadili tafsiri ya kimethodolojia ya kufanya utafiti katika mazingira ya wingilugha; ambamo watafiti au washiriki wanamudu zaidi ya lugha moja.Makala zinachunguza uhusiano baina ya mitazamo ya watafiti kuhusu lugha na matumizi halisi ya lugha kwa washiriki, timu au miradi inayohusisha wingilugha, katika mitazamo mbalimbali ya kinadharia na kimethodolojia.Toleo hili maalumu pia linajadili unafasi, ikijumuisha watafiti wanavyojisikiana pia wanavyochukuliwawanapofanya utafiti katika lugha ya kwanza (L1) moja au zaidi, lugha iliyojifunzwa baadae (LX), au lugha wasiyoifahamu (L0).

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