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Multi‘ōlelo presents a free webinar on Friday, April 5th, 2024, at 10
am HST (4 pm EST).

In this webinar, PhD candidates at Michigan State
University, Matt Coss and Hyun-Bin Hwang, will talk about their recent
project published in Research Methods in Applied Linguistics and
further analyses and discussion beyond the article. Please come and
join us to learn more about how we can share our knowledge more
broadly and contribute to society.

Title: Optimizing Applied Linguistics Research for Practical Impact:
Strategies for Enhanced Informativeness

Description: This talk will begin with a summary of a recent
systematic analysis of pedagogical implications in empirical applied
linguistics research published in TESOL Quarterly, The Modern Language
Journal, Foreign Language Annals, and Language Teaching Research. The
main finding from this study was that while all four journals mandate
pedagogical implications, these implications are often absent or
minimally informative for potentially interested readers, such as
teachers and policymakers. A second key finding, derived from a
move-step genre analysis of 200 pedagogical implications, identified
common features of highly informative ones. Based on these findings,
we will present attendees (researchers, journal reviewers, and
editors) with a series of recommendations to enhance the effectiveness
and informativeness of pedagogical implications in research
publications. Specifically, we will present a framework for study
conceptualization and evaluation. Following this, we will dissect the
move-step rhetorical structure of highly informative implications. At
the end of the talk, attendees will have the tools to analyze the
pedagogical relevance of and improve the pedagogical implications in
their own research as well as provide constructive feedback on
pedagogical implications when reviewing and editing colleagues’ work.
Ultimately, our aim is to foster a community of applied linguists
committed to enhancing the quality of pedagogical implications, and,
therefore, the practical impact potential of our research.

Learn more about our speakers:
Matt Coss is a PhD candidate in Second Language Studies at Michigan
State University. His research focuses on the multiple existing and
potential interfaces between additional language learning research and
practice, with particular focus on (task-based) language leaching and
assessment, language program design and evaluation, and language
teacher education. Matt’s recent research has appeared in Foreign
Language Annals, Research Methods in Applied Linguistics, and Studies
in Second Language Acquisition. He is also the co-editor of two edited
volumes, Transforming Hanzi Pedagogy in the Digital Age: Theory,
Research, and Practice (Routledge, in press) and Technology and
Instructed Second Language Acquisition: Connecting Research and
Pedagogy (John Benjamins, under contract).

Hyun-Bin Hwang is a PhD candidate in Second Language Studies at
Michigan State University. He is a teacher-researcher who has taught
English language at public schools in South Korea and conducted
classroom-based research. His research centers on technology-enhanced
instructed SLA, with a particular focus on mobile-assisted language
learning, and the research-pedagogy dialogue. His recent research has
appeared in The Modern Language Journal, Research Methods in Applied
Linguistics, and Studies in Second Language Acquisition. Hyun-Bin is
also the co-editor of Technology and Instructed Second Language
Acquisition: Connecting Research and Pedagogy (John Benjamins, under
contract).