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标题：A Review of Research Methods in EFL Education
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作者：Fei Ma
期刊名称：Theory and Practice in Language Studies
印刷版ISSN：1799-2591
出版年度：2015
卷号：5
期号：3
页码：566-571
语种：English
出版社：Academy Publisher
摘要：Ontological assumptions are dichotomous as realism and nominalism, which gives rise to dichotomous epistemological assumptions as positivism and interpretivism (or anti-positivism). This gives rise to methodological paradigms as quantitative and qualitative. As a blended paradigm of quantitative and qualitative, mixed methods rise as a third option. Each paradigm has its own characteristic research methods and strategies for data collection and analysis. The article elaborates these three research paradigms and relevant research methods in the field of English as a Foreign Language (EFL). Specific examples are given when each research method is illustrated.
关键词：EFL;ontology;epistemology;methodology;quantitative;qualitative;mixed methods