Developing Language Teacher Autonomy through Action Research

2017-03-27
Developing Language Teacher Autonomy through Action Research

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  • Author: Kenan Dikilitaş
  • Publisher: Springer
  • ISBN: 3319507397
  • Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 304

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.

Developing Language Teachers with Exploratory Practice

2018-06-26
Developing Language Teachers with Exploratory Practice

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  • Author: Kenan Dikilitaş
  • Publisher: Springer
  • ISBN: 3319757350
  • Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 217

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.

Learner and Teacher Autonomy

2008-02-06
Learner and Teacher Autonomy

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  • Author: Terry Lamb
  • Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
  • ISBN: 9027291691
  • Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 296

This edited volume offers a cohesive account of recent developments across the world in the field of learner and teacher autonomy in languages education. Drawing on the work of eminent researchers of language learning and teaching, it explores at both conceptual and practical levels issues related to current pedagogical developments in a wide range of contexts. Global shifts have led to an increase in autonomous and independent learning both in policy and practice (including self-access and distance learning). The book’s scope and focus will therefore be beneficial to language teachers as well as to students and researchers in applied linguistics and those involved in pre- and in-service teacher education. The book concludes with an overview of the state of research in this field, focusing on the (inter)relationships between the concepts of learner and teacher autonomy.

Innovative Practices in Language Teacher Education

2017-02-28
Innovative Practices in Language Teacher Education

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  • Author: Tammy S. Gregersen
  • Publisher: Springer
  • ISBN: 3319517899
  • Category : Education
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 268

This volume addresses innovations in language teacher education, offering a diversity of personal/psychological perspectives and topics in the theory and/or practice in language teacher education. The text deals with innovations in teaching for learning, teacher autonomy, dynamic self-reflection, peace education, professionalism, action research, socio-emotional intelligence, embodiment, professional development, NeuroELT, and more. Organized in three sections, the chapters inspire readers to reflect upon what it means to grow as a teacher as they navigate the intra- to inter-personal continuum. The editors draw the main themes together and discuss them in light of an innovations framework developed by Rogers (including relative advantage, compatibility, complexity, trialability and observability) in order to express, in concrete terms, the ways in which each idea can be considered innovative. Throughout the anthology, the reader will find specific, novel ways in which to work towards good practice in language teacher education.

Autonomy in Language Learning and Teaching

2017-12-07
Autonomy in Language Learning and Teaching

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  • Author: Alice Chik
  • Publisher: Springer
  • ISBN: 1137529989
  • Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 116

This book seeks to expand the research agendas on autonomy in language learning and teaching in diverse contexts, by examining the present landscape of established studies, identifying research gaps and providing practical future research directions. Based on empirical studies, it explores research agendas in five emerging domains: language learning and teaching in developing countries; social censure and teacher autonomy; learner autonomy and groups; learner autonomy and digital practice; and finally, learner autonomy and space. In doing so, it sheds new light on the impact of digital media, group dynamics and the application of ecological perspectives on learner autonomy. The contributors present a novel reconsideration of new learning affordances, and their discussion of spatial dimensions provides much needed expansion in the field. This book will have international appeal and provide an invaluable resource for students and scholars of second language learning and higher education, as well as teacher educators. Chapter 2 of this book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license via https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1057%2F978-1-137-52998-5_2.pdf.

Language Teacher Motivation, Autonomy and Development in East Asia

2022-05-16
Language Teacher Motivation, Autonomy and Development in East Asia

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  • Author: Yuzo Kimura
  • Publisher: Springer Nature
  • ISBN: 3030934675
  • Category : Education
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 229

This volume highlights unique features of L2 teachers’ motivation, autonomy and career development in Far East counties (including Japan, South Korea and China), using diverse methodological research approaches incorporating both quantitative and qualitative paradigms. While much of current research focuses on students’ psychology, this volume looks into EFL teachers’ motivation and autonomy. Both discussions of theoretical issues of teacher motivation and autonomy and practical, classroom-based investigations are included and written to appeal to researchers, as well as applied teacher audiences. The theoretical chapters give readers a solid grounding in the issues of interest to the field. The practical chapters offer cutting edge insights and can also serve as templates on which postgraduate and postdoctoral researchers can base future studies. This helps the book to offer a dual service to the research community, addressing both issues of theorization of research and the practice of conducting research investigations.

Lessons from Good Language Teachers

2020-04-30
Lessons from Good Language Teachers

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  • Author: Carol Griffiths
  • Publisher: Cambridge University Press
  • ISBN: 1108489265
  • Category : Education
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 351

Explains how good language teachers work, drawing on teacher training theory as well as many examples and case studies.

Reconstructing Autonomy in Language Education

2007-05-01
Reconstructing Autonomy in Language Education

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  • Author: A. Barfield
  • Publisher: Springer
  • ISBN: 0230596444
  • Category : Education
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 264

This book uses fifteen grounded research projects to explore innovative self-reflexive approaches to autonomy in language education. It emphasizes the multi-voiced and contradictory complexity of pursuing autonomy in language education and includes commentary chapters to help readers engage with key issues emerging from the research.

Lessons from Good Language Teachers

2020-04-30
Lessons from Good Language Teachers

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  • Author: Carol Griffiths
  • Publisher: Cambridge University Press
  • ISBN: 1108800351
  • Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 351

What makes a good language teacher? This up-to-date, practical book addresses that question from a 'human' perspective, recognising that teachers are not just machines, but have feelings, needs and identities of their own. As the twenty-two topics of the chapters in this volume clearly indicate, language teachers are complex individuals, who are expected to have a range of personal qualities, to be able to satisfy the needs of their students and to have the knowledge and skills to provide instruction in a range of language areas. Not only that, but all of these requirements are constantly changing. The authors present new insights from the real teaching environment that will be an invaluable help to language teachers at all stages of professional development.

Autonomy, Agency, and Identity in Teaching and Learning English as a Foreign Language

2018-06-01
Autonomy, Agency, and Identity in Teaching and Learning English as a Foreign Language

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  • Author: (Mark) Feng Teng
  • Publisher: Springer
  • ISBN: 9811307288
  • Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 132

This book discusses the importance of autonomy, agency, and identity in teaching and learning English as a foreign language, all of which are central themes in the educational domain. By linking theory with practice to appeal to researchers as well as classroom practitioners, it provides an overview of the theoretical constructs of autonomy, agency, and identity along with empirical studies that explore these constructs through life stories as told by English teachers and students. Key features include: • New ideas to inspire professionals involved in foreign language education. • Up-to-date information to showcase for English language educators how autonomy, agency, and identity can be conceptualized across various institutional, sociocultural, and political contexts.• A concise yet comprehensive review of the theoretical and practical issues characterizing English foreign language education today.