Purpose

This paper explores the challenges of conducting qualitative research from ELT (English Language Teaching) Ph.D. candidates' perspectives.

Design/methodology/approach

The participants of the study consisted of 30 Iranian Ph.D. students majoring in ELT. The semi-structured interview was employed to investigate the heart of experiences, issues and concerns of participants with regard to conducting qualitative research (QLR) challenges. To analyze the collected data, the recorded interviews were transcribed, and then the grounded theory approach was employed (Charmaz, 2006).

Findings

The results revealed that the major challenges of the participants consist of the credibility of QLR in ELT contexts, hermeneutic and fuzzy nature of QLR, qualitative data analysis and interpretation, publishing qualitative findings and the system of measuring professors' productivity.

Originality/value

The findings may help professors, mainly EFL ones, in research mentoring and developing research syllabi for graduate students. In addition, it may motivate Ph.D. candidates to employ QLR methods in their research studies. The pedagogical and theoretical implications of the study are discussed at the end of the paper.

中文翻译：

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研究生对高等教育背景下进行定性研究挑战的声音和概念：扎根的理论方法

目的

本文探讨了从 ELT（英语语言教学）博士学位进行定性研究的挑战。候选人的观点。

设计/方法/方法

该研究的参与者包括 30 名伊朗博士。ELT专业的学生。半结构化访谈被用来调查参与者在进行定性研究 (QLR) 挑战方面的经验、问题和担忧的核心。为了分析收集的数据，记录的访谈被转录，然后采用扎根理论方法（Charmaz，2006）。

发现

结果表明，参与者面临的主要挑战包括 QLR 在 ELT 上下文中的可信度、QLR 的解释和模糊性质、定性数据分析和解释、发表定性研究结果以及测量教授生产力的系统。

原创性/价值

这些发现可能有助于教授，主要是 EFL 教授，为研究生提供研究指导和制定研究大纲。此外，它可能会激发博士学位。候选人在他们的研究中使用 QLR 方法。本文最后讨论了该研究的教学和理论意义。