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Doing Action Research in English Language Teaching: A Guide for Practitioners
Contributor(s): Burns, Anne (Author)
ISBN: 0415991455     ISBN-13: 9780415991452
Publisher: Routledge
OUR PRICE:   $37.95  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: November 2009
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This hands-on, practical guide for ESL/EFL teachers and teacher educators outlines, for those who are new to doing action research, what it is and how it works. Straightforward and reader friendly, it introduces the concepts and offers a step-by-step guide to going through an action research process, including illustrations drawn widely from international contexts. Each chapter includes a variety of pedagogical activities. Bringing the how-to and the what together, this is the perfect text for BATESOL and MATESOL courses in which action research is the focus or a required component.
Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Education | Teaching Methods & Materials - Language Arts
- Education | Bilingual Education
- Education | Research
Dewey: 401.41
LCCN: 2009024043
Series: ESL & Applied Linguistics Professional
Physical Information: 0.5" H x 6" W x 8.9" (0.65 lbs) 208 pages
 
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This hands-on, practical guide for ESL/EFL teachers and teacher educators outlines, for those who are new to doing action research, what it is and how it works. Straightforward and reader friendly, it introduces the concepts and offers a step-by-step guide to going through an action research process, including illustrations drawn widely from international contexts. Specifically, the text addresses:

  • action research and how it differs from other forms of research

  • the steps involved in developing an action research project

  • ways of developing a research focus

  • methods of data collection

  • approaches to data analysis

  • making sense of action research for further classroom action.

Each chapter includes a variety of pedagogical activities:

  • Pre-Reading questions ask readers to consider what they already know about the topic
  • Reflection Points invite readers to think about/discuss what they have read
  • action points ask readers to carry out action-research tasks based on what they have read
  • Classroom Voices illustrate aspects of action research from teachers internationally
  • Summary Points provide a synopsis of the main points in the chapter

Bringing the 'how-to' and the 'what' together, Doing Action Research in English Language Teaching is the perfect text for BATESOL and MATESOL courses in which action research is the focus or a required component.