Practitioner research is a flourishing area with a significant body of theoretical and empirical
research, but often researchers remain isolated, unaware of impactful work by colleagues in …

Beginning teachers are frequently heard making observations that the knowledge and skills
they have acquired on the training programmes do not come handy when they want to apply …

As language teachers and teacher educators transition into doctoral research and on into
full-time academic positions in universities, they begin to encounter research practices and …

There is a burgeoning body of literature which documents the development of approaches
adopted by language teachers who engage in research practices, such as Action Research …

Teacher research (TR) is teachers' systematic examination of their pedagogy and/or their
students' learning within their own classrooms. Language TR presents different ethical …

Action research is a form of inquiry that allows language educators to understand and
improve their own practice. The literature suggests that language teachers can employ it as …

Potentially Exploitable Pedagogical Activities (PEPAs) help teachers problematize teaching
and learning puzzles. The purpose of this study was to investigate the role of PEPAs in EFL …

Communicating Identities is a book for language teachers who wish to focus on the topic of
identity in the context of their classroom teaching. The work provides an accessible …

We are three members of a Special Interest Group (SIG) of teachers in Japan that has long
been committed to writing and publishing for inclusive practitioner research about learner …

Engagement in research is recognised as a transformative force for professional
development in EAP. Consequently, for many EAP practitioners research and/or scholarship …