Subjective Research Design in ELT research: Adopting an Ethnographic Perspective

• Main Author: Renganathan, Sumathi
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Published: 2006
• Subjects: PE English; L Education (General)
• Online Access: http://eprints.utp.edu.my/3479/1/Sumathi_satiren_lai02.docx; http://eprints.utp.edu.my/3479/
• Institution: Universiti Teknologi Petronas

Qualitative research inquiry has often been criticised as non-rigorous, subjectively biased and in general, unscientific. However, in this paper I argue that in order to understand, and report truthfully about what people say and do and to capture the rich textures of real-life experiences, a quali...