Action Research for Language Teachers Book

1 Why action research?; 2 Selecting and developing a topic; 3 Collecting the data; 4 Field-notes, logs, journals, diaries and personal accounts; 5 Verbal reports; 6 Observation techniques: recording and analysing classroom skills; 7 Interviews and questionnaires; 8 The case study approach; 9 Training and evaluation: teaching materials; 10 No teacher is an island: some approaches to sharing ideas; Concluding remarks; Glossary of research terms; Suggestions for further reading; Bibliography; Index