This book offers a lively introduction to the research methods and techniques available to English language teachers who wish to investigate aspects of their own practice. It covers qualitative and quantitative methodology and includes sections on observation. introspection， diary studies， experiments， interviews， questionnaires， numerical techniques and case sutdy research. Each method is illustrated with examples in language teaching contexts， and techniques of data collection and analysis are introduced. The authors focus particularly on research in the classroom， on tests， materials， the effects of innovations， and they discuss methods appropriate to research in various collaborative modes as well as by individuals. A key feature of the book is an introducition to the debate surrounding different approaches to research， with an evaluation of traditional research in relation to the paradigms associated with reflective practice and action research. The book is ideal for teachers on initiial training and post-experience courese， students on degree programmes in applied linguistics and TEFL and， of course， practising tteachers with an interest in research methods in language teaching. Jo McDonough is Senior Lecturer in EFL at the University of Essex. UK and Steven McDonough is Lecturer in Applied Linguistics at the University of Essex. UK.
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Preface by Halliday 王宗炎序 導(dǎo)讀 Preface Acknowledgements Introduction: setting the scene Part 1: principles and perspectives 1. Teachers in action Introduction Context and roles Instances Patterns of research: implications Conclusion Discussion notes 2. The teacher researcher in focus Introduction Action and reflection A short educational excursion Teacher research and English language teaching Conclusion Discussion notes 3. What is research Introduction General views Common views of what research in language teaching does Basic and applied research Description and intervention Normative and interpretive research Conclusion Discussion notes 4. Principles and problems: what makes good research Introduction Features of good research Comparison of research traditions on these features Aspects of design of research Conclusion Discussion notes 5. Generating research Introduction Beginnings Approaches Content: teachers'' choices Research and research: existing work Conclusion Discussion notes Part 2: topics and methods 6. Definitions and overview Principles, methods, techniques Introduction to methods and techniques Out there: discovering other people''s work and telling them about one''s own 7. Observing language classrooms Introduction Observation: uses and perspectives Systematizing observation Alternatives to coding schemes Naturalistic observation Conclusion Discussion notes 8. Diaries and diary studies Introduction Some definitions Diary data Diaries in language learning and language teaching Keeping a diary Conclusion Discussion notes 9. Using numbers Introduction Why count, and what to count Describing the numbers with other numbers Inference from chance - ''significance'' Computational aids Conclusion Discussion notes 10. Doing experiments Introduction Why experiments Causality and the method of detail Experiments and quasi-experiments Some examples Reflections on the experimental approach Conclusion Discussion notes 11. Asking questions Introduction Questionnaires Interviews Issues in interviewing Conclusion Discussion notes 12. Looking inside: methods for introspection Introduction Introspection Verbal report and think-aloud Research on oneself Rcsearch on learners Some examples Conclusion Discussion notes 13. Studying cases Introduction What is a case Methods in case study research Case studies in language learning and teaching The controversy of case study Conclusion Discussion notes 14. Mixing research methods Introduction Principles in mixing methods Teachers'' research: some continuing case studies Conclusion Discussion notes Conclusion The role of research by teachcrs Appropriate methodologies Development of criteria ''Popularity'' of various techniques Teacher research and higher-degree research Evaluations of teacher research And finally ... Appendix References Index 文庫索引
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