Research ethics in applied linguistics

For many researchers in the social sciences, including those applied linguistics, term ethics evokes bureaucratic process of fulfilling requirements an review board (e.g., US, Institutional Review Board, or IRB) as a preliminary step conducting human subjects research. The expansion boards into sciences early 2000s has led linguistics field to experience what Haggerty (2004) termed creep , simultaneous and intensification external regulation research activities. aims these ethical are: (a) evaluate types risk harm participants result activities, (b) ensure that can give informed consent be part (c) provide oversight on researcher procedures maintain participant anonymity/confidentiality (Haggerty, 2004).