ABSTRACT

Before turning to these questions, let us consider the benefits of doing research. For teachers, a primary reason for doing research is to become more effective teachers. Research contributes to more effective teaching, not by offering definitive answers to pedagogical questions, but rather by providing new insights into the teaching and learning process. As Johnson (1992) puts it,

For some, action research is viewed as one of the most effective research methods for producing sound L2 teaching practices. This is because action research, by definition, involves a systematic inquiry into the issues and problems that teachers face with the goal of improving pedagogical prac-action research

in chapter 2. However, this is not the only method that can be used to produce more effective L2 teaching and learning. All of the methods introduced in the book can be used to answer questions that directly involve decisions about pedagogical practices, thus contributing to the improvement of L2 teaching and learning.