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In It Together: Teachers, Researchers, and Classroom SLA
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Spada, Nina; Lightbown, Patsy M. – Modern Language Journal, 2022
In discussions about relationships between research and pedagogy, teachers and researchers are often characterized as facing each other across a "gap" that separates them. Teachers are described as having practical concerns about their own classrooms and little patience for "theoretical" issues. Researchers are described as…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Trust (Psychology), Language Teachers