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Direct linkTajino, Akira; Smith, Craig – Language Teaching Research, 2005
This paper aims to demonstrate that Soft Systems Methodology (SSM), a soft systems approach developed in management studies (see Checkland, 1981), can be usefully linked with Exploratory Practice (EP), a form of practitioner research for language classrooms. Some compatible SSM and EP characteristics, in tandem, could enhance continual efforts to…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Classroom Research, Systems Approach, Teaching Methods
