Language Learning ISSN 0023-8333
METHODS SHOWCASE ARTICLE
The Lang-Track-App: Open-Source Tools
for Implementing the Experience Sampling
Method in Second Language Acquisition
Research
Henriette L. Arndt (she/her) , Jonas Granfeldt (he/him) ,
and Marianne Gullberg (she/her)
Lund University
Abstract: This paper introduces the Lang-Track-App, a smartphone application and
backend system to aid second language acquisition researchers in implementing the
experience sampling method (ESM). Surveying research participants with the Lang-
Track-App multiple times per day can yield exceptionally rich data that can be analyzed
CRediT author statement – Henriette Arndt: conceptualization (supporting); methodology
(equal); investigation (lead); formal analysis (lead); writing (lead). Jonas Granfeldt: conceptual-
ization (lead); methodology (equal); investigation (supporting); project administration (lead); writ-
ing – reviewing & editing (supporting). Marianne Gullberg: conceptualization (lead); method-
ology (equal); project administration (supporting); writing – reviewing & editing (supporting).
Stephan Björck: software (equal). Josef Granqvist: software (equal).
A one-page Accessible Summary of this article in non-technical language is freely available in
the Supporting Information online and at https://oasis-database.org
We gratefully acknowledge Stephan Björck and Josef Granqvist’s work on developing the Lang-
Track-App software. The Lang-Track-App project was funded by the Marcus and Amalia Wallen-
berg Foundation (grant number MAW 2018.0025). We also gratefully acknowledge support from
the Lund University Humanities Lab. We thank the reviewers and editor for their helpful com-
ments on previous versions of this manuscript. In addition, we express our thanks for the fruitful
and stimulating discussions that we had while working on the Study Abroad Research in European
Perspectives (SAREP) COST Action 15130 led by Professor Martin Howard, University of Cork,
Ireland.
Correspondence concerning this article should be addressed to Henriette Arndt, Lund Univer-
sity Humanities Lab, Box 201, Lund, 221 00, Sweden. Email: henriette.arndt@humlab.lu.se
The handling editor for this manuscript was Kris Kyle.
This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCom-
mercial License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the
original work is properly cited and is not used for commercial purposes.
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DOI: 10.1111/lang.12555
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