1st Edition

Doing Action Research in English Language Teaching A Guide for Practitioners

By Anne Burns Copyright 2010
208 Pages
by Routledge

206 Pages
by Routledge

208 Pages
by Routledge

This hands-on, practical guide for ESL/EFL teachers and teacher educators outlines, for those who are new to doing action research, what it is and how it works. Straightforward and reader friendly, it introduces the concepts and offers a step-by-step guide to going through an action research process, including illustrations drawn widely from international contexts. Specifically, the text... Read more

Preface

Acknowledgements

Chapter 1: What is action research?

Chapter 2: Plan – planning the action

Chapter 3: Act – putting the plan into action

Chapter 4: Observe – observing the results of the plan

Chapter 5: Reflect – reflecting and planning for further action

Postscript

Further reading and resources

Biography

Anne Burns is Professor in the Department of Linguistics, Macquarie University, Australia, and former Dean of the Division of Linguistics and Psychology.

"I wholeheartedly recommend this book to all teachers who want to know about action research, and would like to undertake projects in their own context– and to those who seek to join and perhaps assist them on their way."--Modern English Teaching

"A superb hands-on practical guide to techniques that help teachers make the most of their lessons."--EL-Gazette

"… Original in approach, engaging in style and persuasive in terms of its content and structure."--Keith Richards, University of Warwick, UK