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RESEARCH FOUNDATIONS IN LANGUAGE TEACHING
2015-1
PROFESSOR:MARTHA ISABEL BONILLA M.
SECOND LANGUAGE CLASSROOM RESEARCH
TO ADCQUIRE SOLID BASIS TO CARRY OUT A RESEARCH IN L2 CLASSROOM
T0 IMPROVE MY LEARNING PROCESS
TO ORIENT MY OWN TEACHING PRACTICE
WHAT IS SECOND LANGUAGE CLASSROOM RESEARCH?
“Second (or foreign) language classroom research is research that is carried out in the language classroom for the purpose of answering important questions about the learning and teaching of foreign languages” Nunan, D. (2012)
METHODS FOR RESEARCHING IN L2 CLASSROOM
FORMAL
Types of Research
PRACTITIONER
Conducted by an external researcher
It can be motivated by theoretical or pedagogical issues
Conducted by teachers in their own classroom.
It is motivated by pedagogic concerns and enables teachers to solve problems
INTERPRETATIVE
HERMENEUTIC
NATURALISTIC
EXPLICATVE
CAUSE & EFFECT
EXPERIMENTAL
DESCRIPTIVE CONFIRMATORY
RESEARCH TRADITIONS
FORMAL or PRACTITIONER RESEARCH Ellis, R. 2012
DESCRIPTIVE CONFIRMATORY
RESEARCH TRADITIONS
FORMAL or PRACTITIONER RESEARCH Ellis, R. 2012
IN THE FORMAL or PRACTITIONER RESEARCH WE CAN FIND THREE MAIN TYPES OF PRIMARY DATA
QUALITATIVE DATAMIXED METHOD DATA RESEARCH
QUANTITATIVE DATA
THE GOOD RESEARCHER
1. Genuine and strong
curiosity about the
topic to be researched.
2. Common sense
3. Having good ideas
4. To be disciplined and
responsible
To generate knowledge and understanding, good
researchers need to learn to communicate his/her
findings.
So a good researcher should concern with writing
and reporting
EXERCISE
ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS
• What good/bad experiences have you had in your teaching/learning practices?
• What topics do you really want to read/ talk about teaching and learning English?
• What teaching or learning practices have you observed that disquiet you?
• What do you think is not well- done by teachers and learners when teaching and learning English?
Thank you !!
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