Introduction / Matt Kessler and Charlene Polio -- Research methods. Case studies / Raffaella Negretti and Baraa Khuder -- Ethnographic research / Christine M. Tardy -- Analyses, tools, and topics. Metadiscourse / Ken Hyland -- Rhetorical move-step analysis / J. Elliott Casal and Matt Kessler -- Lexical bundles and phrase frames / Viviana Cortes -- Multidimensional analysis / Larissa Goulart and Shelley Staples -- Complexity, accuracy, and fluency (CALF) measures / Charlene Polio and Hyung-Jo Yoon -- Multimodal analysis / Larissa D'Angelo and Francesca Marino -- Focus on the learner and learning. Multilingualism and multicompetence / Bruna Sommer-Farias -- Systemic functional linguistics and the (expanded) teaching and learning cycle / Kathryn Accurso and Jennifer Walsh Marr.

"This collection is a comprehensive resource on conducting research in applied linguistics involving written genres, distinctive in its coverage of a multiplicity of interdisciplinary perspectives. The volume explores the central approaches, methodologies, analyses, and tools used in conducting genre-based research, extending the traditional focus on a single framework for defining genres by explicating the major approaches that have been invoked in applied linguistics. Chapters address a mix of commonly used methodologies (e.g., case studies, ethnographic approaches), types of analyses (e.g., metadiscourse, rhetorical move-step analysis, multidimensional analysis, lexical bundles and phrase frames, CALF measures, multimodal analysis), along with studies that focus on other areas of second language (L2) teaching and learning (e.g., multilingualism, and the Teaching and Learning Cycle). Taken together, the volume provides a theoretically and methodologically diverse introduction to foundational topics in genre-related research, supported by detailed discussions of the challenges and practical considerations to take into account when conducting research involving written genres"--