Doing research is a mystery to many graduate students and sccond language leachers in china.this book aims to dcmystily the process of carrying out research in the field of applid linguistics,particulartly in the area of s\\ceond language acquisition and leaching.this book is written for those who have no previous research cxpcricncc at all or those who have done some rescarch without fomaning.it is paiticularly useful for graduate students of applied linguistics,seccond language lcachers and teacher-trainers.