The University of the Free State, like most other tertiary institutions in South Africa, is faced
with the challenge of establishing a framework within the university for redressing …

Action Research has been used in many fields of endeavour as a useful means of improving
practice. This article describes how this methodology was used to develop a programme of …

Action Research for Language Teachers is a practical guide for teachers who wish to
develop their professional expertise by investigating their own teaching in a systematic and …

This article surveys some of the challenges. made by critical theory to understandings of
what is commonly termed the"" language problem"" at South African institutions of higher …

The purpose of this article is to describe how Lesson Study as second-order action research
can be applied and how we planned to evaluate and improve course design, learners' …

Methodological processes used in action research are essentially iterative, exploratory, and
cyclical. Therefore, a researcher utilizing action research must be prepared to adapt the …

Abstract The University of the Free State, like all tertiary institutions in South Africa, is faced
with the challenge of redressing inequalities in higher education and providing access to …

This hands-on, practical guide for ESL/EFL teachers and teacher educators outlines, for
those who are new to doing action research, what it is and how it works. Straightforward and …

This article pursues certain issues concerning the predicament in South African education
raised by Professor Dlamini in"" The thorny question of language and education""(The …

South African society is characterized by extensive diversity The society is multiracial,
multicultural, multireligious, and multilingual. Indeed, the diversity present in contemporary …