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The praxis of English language teaching and learning (PELT) : beyond the binaries: researching critically in EFL classrooms /

This edition of Critical New Literacies: The Praxis of English Language Teaching and Learning (PELT) begins with an examination of bricolage as a way to engage in critical research in TEFL/TESOL teaching and research. The volume considers the quality of ĐÁèncounterĐÁÁ needed in the global and interc...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Vicars, Mark (Editor ), Steinberg, Shirley R., 1952- (Editor ), McKenna, Tarquam, 1954- (Editor ), Cacciattolo, Marcelle, 1971- (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Rotterdam : SensePublishers, 2015.
Colección:Critical new literacies ; volume 1.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Chapter One: Employing the Bricolage as Critical Research in Teaching English as a Foreign Language; Criticalized Research; Critical Traditions; Empowerment Through Acknowledgment of Power and Oppression; Critical Pedagogical Research in TEFL; Cultural Studies in Critical TEFL Teaching and Research; Engaging the Bricolage; Semiotics; Critical Ethnography; Bricoleurs; Teaching/Researching English for Foreign Learners; References; Chapter Two: Encounter and Dialogue in EFL Classrooms: Interculturalism in Praxis; Interculturalism in EFL Classrooms: The Praxis of Encounter and Dialogue.
  • Critical Engagement through Dialogue: Freirean Notion of ConscientizationCritical Engagement Through Encounter: The Basis of Interculturalism; Identity and Difference as Building Blocks of the Encounter; Conclusion; References; Chapter Three: The Business of Validity, Reliability and Authentic Need: Arts-based Approaches to Researching Practice; The Praxis of English Language Teaching and Learning; It Is So Diffuse-What Really Matters?; The Slice-of-Life Approach; Artful Praxis in Relation to Other Ways of 'Researching' Our Meaning; The Practices; Conclusion; References.
  • Chapter Four: Ethical Considerations in ResearchInformed Consent; Deception; Privacy and Confidentiality; Cross-Cultural Representation; Conclusion; References; Chapter Five: Disenfranchisement and Empowerment in an EAL Educational Setting; Criticality in Action Research; Learning About Being Learner-Centered; Acting-up; Focus Process Language Work; Reflecting Practices; Conclusion; References; Chapter Six: Fundamentals of Quantitative Research in the Field of Teaching English as a Foreign Language; Introduction: Why Do Quantitative Research in English as a Foreign Language?
  • Quantitative Research Desing in EFLDescriptive Designs; Correlational Designs; Causal-Comparative Designs; Quasi-Experimental Designs; Experimental Designs; Planning a Quantitative Research Project in EFL; General Aims of the Research in EFL; Quantitative Research Questions in EFL; Matching a Research Design Methodology With Aims; Data Collection In EFL Research; Evaluating the Setting; Recruiting and Selecting the Sample; Instruments and Interventions; Processes and Procedures; Data Analysis in EFL Research; Descriptive Statistics; Inferential Statistics; Construct and Modelling Analysis.
  • Data Interpretation and ReportingNumbers as Results; Contextualizing the Numbers; Establishing Meaning; Summary; References; Chapter Seven: Making 'Work' Matter: The Praxis of Collecting and Analysing Data; Setting the Scene; Characters, Place and Time: A Working Field Narrative; Data and Data Analysis; Making Teaching and Researching Work Matter; Data Analysis as Critical Work; Data Analysis as Dialogic Work; Data Analysis as Representative Work; A Field Narrative from a Student's Perspective:; Data Analysis as Responsive Work-Visual Data; Concluding Remarks; References.