RESEARCH FOUNDATIONS IN LANGUAGE TEACHING

2015-1

PROFESSOR:MARTHA ISABEL BONILLA M.

SECOND LANGUAGE CLASSROOM RESEARCH

TO ACQUIRE 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 !!