ABSTRACT

Student and novice researchers may have a general idea for a topic they would like to research, but have a difficult time settling on a more specific topic and its associated research questions. Addressing this problem, this book features contributions from over thirty diverse and experienced research supervisors, mentors, and principal investigators in the field of language teacher education. The chapters are autobiographic in nature, with each contributing author reflecting on relevant, current and innovative research topics through the lens of their own professional life and research work. Offering explicit research topics and strategies for each area of expertise, this book will serve as a useful reference for the seasoned qualitative or narrative researcher, and a helpful guide for new researchers and teacher researchers narrowing down their own research topics.

chapter 1|14 pages

Introduction

Qualitative Research Topics in Language Teacher Education

chapter 4|6 pages

Learning to Teach Languages

chapter 10|7 pages

Researching Emotion in LTE

chapter 13|5 pages

Understanding Language Teacher Identities

Conceptualizations, practices and change

chapter 15|6 pages

Context in Sociocultural Theory

chapter 16|6 pages

Academic Writing

Linking Writers, Readers and Text Content

chapter 18|5 pages

Academic Writing

The Human Side

chapter 20|6 pages

Race in Critical Research

chapter 21|5 pages

Gender and LTE

chapter 28|7 pages

Generating Action Research Topics

chapter 29|6 pages

Researching Teacher Research

chapter 30|6 pages

Teacher Researchers

chapter 34|6 pages

Language Teaching Approaches

chapter 35|6 pages

Strategy Instruction