Classroom Research for Language Teachers

by Stewart, Tim; Farrell, Thomas S.C.

• ISBN13: 9781942223092
• ISBN10: 1942223099
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2013-03-08
• Publisher: TESOL Press
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Summary

Why should English language teachers conduct classroom research? As teachers gain experience, they instinctively want to learn more about their practice, the profession, and ways to contribute to the field. The way to dig deeper into their passion for teaching is through researching their own classroom contexts. This easy-to-follow guide demystifies the process of classroom research and gives teachers the confidence to get started, plan a project, collect data, publish findings, and then continue to enjoy the empowering energy of researching and learning. Open the book; begin your journey as a teacher-researcher.

Author Biography

Tim Stewart has been a teacher-researcher in the TESOL field for 20 years. After an intriguing experience as the editor of Essential Teacher, he created the Communities of Participation in TESOL section for the TESOL Journal that he edited for six years. Tim teaches at Kyoto University in Japan’s ancient capital.