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Adopting a quantitative approaches in researching teaching English as a Foreign Language (EFL) will achieve much the same purpose as utilising this methodology in the broader fields of education and psychology. Thinking beyond the stereotype of quantitative designs being only applicable to experiments or data collections of a scientific nature is critical in creating opportunities for new knowledge and information in the domain.
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- Structural Equation Modelling
- Educational Research
- Exploratory Factor Analysis
- Quantitative Research
- Critical Pedagogy
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Watt, A. (2015). Fundamentals of Quantitative Research in the Field of Teaching English as a Foreign Language. In: Vicars, M., Steinberg, S., McKenna, T., Cacciattolo, M. (eds) The Praxis of English Language Teaching and Learning (PELT). Critical New Literacies. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6300-112-0_6
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