Research Foundations

1. RESEARCH FOUNDATIONS IN
LANGUAGE TEACHING
2015-1
PROFESSOR:
MARTHA ISABEL BONILLA M.

2. SECOND LANGUAGE CLASSROOM
RESEARCH
 TO ACQUIRE SOLID BASIS TO
CARRY OUT A RESEARCH IN
L2 CLASSROOM
 T0 IMPROVE MY LEARNING
PROCESS
 TO ORIENT MY OWN
TEACHING PRACTICE

3. WHAT IS SECOND LANGUAGE CLASSROOM
RESEARCH?
“Second (or foreign) language classroom research is
research that is carried out in the language classroom
for the purpose of answering important questions
about the learning and teaching of foreign languages”
Nunan, D. (2012)

4. METHODS FOR RESEARCHING IN
L2 CLASSROOM
FORMAL
Types of Research
PRACTITIONER
 Conducted by an
external researcher
 It can be motivated
by theoretical or
pedagogical issues
 Conducted by
teachers in their own
classroom.
 It is motivated by
pedagogic concerns
and enables teachers
to solve problems

5. INTERPRETATIVE
HERMENEUTIC
NATURALISTIC
EXPLICATVE
CAUSE & EFFECT
EXPERIMENTAL
DESCRIPTIVE CONFIRMATORY
RESEARCH TRADITIONS
FORMAL or PRACTITIONER RESEARCH Ellis, R. 2012

6. DESCRIPTIVE CONFIRMATORY
RESEARCH TRADITIONS
FORMAL or PRACTITIONER RESEARCH Ellis, R. 2012
IN THE FORMAL or PRACTITIONER RESEARCH WE CAN FIND THREE MAIN
TYPES OF PRIMARY DATA
QUALITATIVE DATA
MIXED METHOD
DATA RESEARCH
QUANTITATIVE
DATA

7. THE GOOD RESEARCHER
1. Genuine and strong
curiosity about the
topic to be researched.
2. Common sense
3. Having good ideas
4. To be disciplined and
responsible
To generate knowledge and
understanding, good
researchers need to learn
to communicate his/her
findings.
So a good researcher
should concern with writing
and reporting

8. EXERCISE
ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS
• What good/bad experiences have you had in your
teaching/learning practices?
• What topics do you really want to read/ talk about teaching and
learning English?
• What teaching or learning practices have you observed that
disquiet you?
• What do you think is not well- done by teachers and learners
when teaching and learning English?

9. Thank you !!