Towards Multilingual Education: Basque Educational Research from an International Perspective
This volume focuses on issues such as the learning, use and assessment of languages in education, the age factor, the teaching of English as an international language and multilingualism at the university, in educational contexts in which several languages are taught either as subjects or languages of instruction.
This book brings together some of the world’s foremost literacy scholars to discuss how research influences what teachers actually do in the classroom. Chapters describe the current state of knowledge about such key topics as decoding, vocabulary, comprehension, digital literacies, reading disabilities, and reading reform.
Second Language Writing: Research Insights for the Classroom
This comprehensive collection of thirteen original articles covers the major issues writing teachers face and offers a guide to writing instruction grounded in current theory and research. The book includes chapters on approaches to teaching writing, needs analysis, syllabus design, lesson planning, task design, materials development, and feedback and assessment, and on using technology in writing classes and in conducting research.
Action Research: A Pathway to Action, knowledge and Learning (Qualitative Research Methods Series)
This book has been prepared to assist people who are undertaking, supervising or examining action research. It describes the origin of the action research method; explores the layers and strands of work that are involved; offers a practical guide to uncovering the issues which arise from the method; reviews the status of this method relative to other research methodologies; explores the notion of subjectivity; describes other ways to strengthen the extent...
Introduction to Research Methods: A Practical Guide for Anyone Undertaking a Research Project
This practical, down-to-earth guide is for researchers, students, community groups, charities or employees - in fact anyone who needs to put together research projects quickly and effectively. It contains everything from developing your idea into a proposal, through to analysing data and reporting results.
