Online conferencing session
Action Research: Teacher as Researcher
Arnold Mühren


1. Action research - what is it?
2. Definitions "from the book"

3. Purpose of action research
4. Effects and benefits
5. Obstacles
6. Your own investigations thus far
7. Possible problem areas
8. A specific problem
9. Action research cycle
10. Action research techniques
11. Enquiry made public
12. Follow-up activity?


Possible problem areas

 

Here are some (more) possible problem areas for action research (in a language learning and teaching context):

 

* How can I stimulate (more) independent student language work?

* Will my students write better if I give them better and more systematic support and assistance for their writing activities?

* How can I help the students I teach to develop their self-esteem when using the target language?

* How can I stimulate the use of the target language during classroom activities?

* I am not very happy with my grammar teaching. I would like to move away from it but believe there must be some focus on form anyway. Are there other approaches that will yield better results and more motivation?

* How can I stimulate my students' out-of-clasroom communicative use of the target language?

Which of these questions would be relevant to your own situation?


This is a session within the framework of Prof. Dafne Gonzalez' Research Methods in Applied Linguistics course at Universidad Simon Bolivar, Caracas - Venue: alado.net/webheads - Date and Time: Tuesday 12 October 2004, 22:00 GMT