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Göktürk Saglam, Asli Lidice; Dikilitas, Kenan – TESL-EJ, 2020
This study examines how an online training into teacher research has been evaluated in relation to the three main elements of the community of inquiry framework (CoI): teaching, social, and cognitive presences. We held the online training as a part of TESOL's Electronic Village Online (EVO) and offered a course on how teacher research can be…
Descriptors: Communities of Practice, Faculty Development, Positive Attitudes, Online Courses
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Phaisannan, Thatsanaphan; Charttrakul, Kanjana; Damnet, Anamai – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2019
This study aims to promote English pre-service teachers' speaking ability by integrating task-based learning (TBL) and the CEFR (Council of Europe, 2001) in designing an innovative program (the CEFR-TBL). This presentation discusses the results of an investigation of the preservice teachers' speaking ability using peer-interview technique. Also,…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Speech Communication, Student Attitudes, Video Technology
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Starkey-Perret, Rebecca; Narcy-Combes, Marie-Françoise – Language, Culture and Curriculum, 2017
This contribution gives an account of the results of an action research in which a task-based plurilingual programme was implemented with postgraduate students of Foreign Languages and International Business. Using a mixed-methods approach, combining questionnaire, interview and observation data, we sought to explore the degree to which the…
Descriptors: Program Implementation, Multilingualism, Second Language Learning, Cooperative Learning
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Burroughs, Lauren Halsted – Journal of Applied Research in the Community College, 2012
Using a liberatory discourse theoretical framework, this action research study investigated the experiences of students enrolled in basic skills English classes through a series of in-depth focus groups. The data were then analyzed in collaboration with students to draw conclusions. Student voices informed the data at every step of the inquiry…
Descriptors: Action Research, Student Attitudes, Data Analysis, Focus Groups
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Kiilo, Tatjana; Kutsar, Dagmar – Educational Action Research, 2012
Based on appreciative inquiry and threshold concepts from an intercultural learning perspective, the article makes insights into the constructivist social learning practice of Estonian language learning amongst Russian-speaking teachers in Estonia. The application of educational action research methodology, more specifically that of Bridget…
Descriptors: Action Research, Teaching Methods, Foreign Countries, Socialization
Zumbihl, Helene – Center for Educational Resources in Culture, Language and Literacy (CERCLL) (NJ3), 2010
This article focuses on how to teach intercultural communicative competence to learners of English as a foreign language enrolled in a university exchange program in Europe, and help them become "intercultural speakers." The intercultural speaker can be defined as an intermediary between his or her own culture and the other's culture.…
Descriptors: Intercultural Communication, Intercultural Programs, Exchange Programs, Foreign Countries