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Exploratory Practice in Language Teaching: Puzzling About Principles and Practices
Judith Hanks
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Description for Exploratory Practice in Language Teaching: Puzzling About Principles and Practices
Paperback. Series: Research and Practice in Applied Linguistics. Num Pages: 384 pages, 13 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JNU; YQC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 215 x 24. Weight in Grams: 518.
This book tracks the development of Exploratory Practice since the early 1990s as an original form of practitioner research in the field of English language teaching. Drawing on case studies, vignettes and narratives from teachers and learners around the world as they experienced Exploratory Practice in their different contexts, Hanks examines the theoretical and philosophical underpinnings of the Exploratory Practice framework and asks what the principles really mean in practice. For language professionals considering investigating their classrooms and their teaching/learning practices rigorously and thoughtfully, this book breaks new ground, arguing for a fresh perspective: (exploratory) practice-as-research. Judith ... Read more
This book tracks the development of Exploratory Practice since the early 1990s as an original form of practitioner research in the field of English language teaching. Drawing on case studies, vignettes and narratives from teachers and learners around the world as they experienced Exploratory Practice in their different contexts, Hanks examines the theoretical and philosophical underpinnings of the Exploratory Practice framework and asks what the principles really mean in practice. For language professionals considering investigating their classrooms and their teaching/learning practices rigorously and thoughtfully, this book breaks new ground, arguing for a fresh perspective: (exploratory) practice-as-research. Judith ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Series
Research and Practice in Applied Linguistics
Condition
New
Number of Pages
384
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137457110
SKU
V9781137457110
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Ref
99-15
About Judith Hanks
Judith Hanks is Lecturer in TESOL at the University of Leeds, UK. She started teaching EFL in 1987 and has worked in China, Italy, Singapore, Turkey and the UK. She has worked as a teacher, teacher trainer and teacher educator, as well as course director, programme leader and manager, and of course, she is a life-long language learner. Her work ... Read more
Reviews for Exploratory Practice in Language Teaching: Puzzling About Principles and Practices
With its accessible prose style, illustrative vignettes, case studies and quotes, and useful suggestions for further reading, this book is a truly valuable resource for all practitioners who wish to engage with EP at any level. (Sal Consoli, System, Vol. 72, February, 2018)