Developing Language Teachers with Exploratory Practice - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Developing Language Teachers with Exploratory Practice write by Kenan Dikilitaş. This book was released on 2018-06-26. Developing Language Teachers with Exploratory Practice available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This edited collection explores the use of Exploratory Practice (EP) by language teachers in classrooms. Written by practitioners, the chapters showcase unique examples of each principle of EP, with topics ranging from mentoring practitioner researchers, to teaching and learning in EAP, and investigating curriculum development in language teaching programs. The book provides example EP studies and gives voice to practitioners’ experiences of the challenges they experienced as well as the benefits. Examples include tackling intercultural communication in linguistically and culturally diverse classrooms; pedagogy and curriculum design in language teaching; explorations of continuing professional development in language education. In doing so, it offers tools that can be transferred to other classroom contexts and used to aid teacher development. The concluding chapter highlights critical aspects of Exploratory Practice which emerge in the studies and examines how practitioners advanced their understandings. This book will appeal to those working in Applied Linguistics, TESOL research, as well as language teachers and teacher educators.
Exploratory Practice in Language Teaching
Exploratory Practice in Language Teaching - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Exploratory Practice in Language Teaching write by Judith Hanks. This book was released on 2017-01-28. Exploratory Practice in Language Teaching available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book tracks the development of Exploratory Practice since the early 1990s as an original form of practitioner research in the field of English language teaching. Drawing on case studies, vignettes and narratives from teachers and learners around the world as they experienced Exploratory Practice in their different contexts, Hanks examines the theoretical and philosophical underpinnings of the Exploratory Practice framework and asks what the principles really mean in practice. For language professionals considering investigating their classrooms and their teaching/learning practices rigorously and thoughtfully, this book breaks new ground, arguing for a fresh perspective: (exploratory) practice-as-research. Judith Hanks is Lecturer in TESOL at the University of Leeds, UK. Her work bridges specialist areas in language teacher education, intercultural communication, TESOL and EAP.
The Developing Language Learner
The Developing Language Learner - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Developing Language Learner write by Dick Allwright. This book was released on 2016-01-28. The Developing Language Learner available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book-length treatment of Exploratory Practice introduces five propositions about learners as practitioners of learning who are capable of developing their expertise through conducting research in and on their own classroom learning lives.
Exploratory Practice for Continuing Professional Development
Exploratory Practice for Continuing Professional Development - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Exploratory Practice for Continuing Professional Development write by Assia Slimani-Rolls. This book was released on 2018-07-09. Exploratory Practice for Continuing Professional Development available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book explores the use of Exploratory Practice (EP) as a tool for Continuing Professional Development (CPD) by language teachers, and responds to the increasing demand for teachers to engage in research. It presents the results of a unique two-year longitudinal study that critically examines the implementation of EP by teachers of English and modern foreign languages. Through these case studies, the authors provide a critical account of EP as a form of practitioner research that bridges the divide between theory and practice. It emphasizes the centrality of teacher and learner learning in language education curriculum improvement, and gives a voice to teachers’ perspectives on using EP in the classroom. This book will be of interest to language education professionals and scholars working in Applied Linguistics and Language Education.
Developing Language Teacher Autonomy through Action Research
Developing Language Teacher Autonomy through Action Research - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Developing Language Teacher Autonomy through Action Research write by Kenan Dikilitaş. This book was released on 2018-08-07. Developing Language Teacher Autonomy through Action Research available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book advances the theory of action research, analyzing how it can be used to develop autonomy among language teachers. Although acknowledging that the research process is not always linear, the authors proceed according to a clear progression which teachers can adapt to their needs. They provide examples, narratives, questions and tasks, and give multiple ideas for establishing research questions, choosing appropriate methodologies, adapting to existing contexts, and collecting data. They also suggest possible instruments, and give clear instructions for carrying out the most common kinds of statistical procedures, and ideas for presenting, discussing, and writing up research findings. In spite of its practical bias, the book is theoretically and ethically rigorous, and contains an extensive glossary for quick and easy reference. It will appeal to trainee teachers, in-service teachers wanting to expand their own professional horizons or working for a higher qualification, and is an invaluable reference for teacher-educators and scholars.
