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Gao, Xuesong; Chow, Alice Wai Kwan – ELT Journal, 2012
Research engagement is an important means for teachers to develop their professional competence. This paper reports on an enquiry into the research engagement of a group of primary school English language teachers in Guangdong province on the Chinese mainland. Drawing on questionnaire data and teachers' interview narratives, the paper examines how…
Descriptors: Teacher Researchers, Language Teachers, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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Gao, Xuesong; Barkhuizen, Gary; Chow, Alice – Language Teaching Research, 2011
Research engagement has been widely considered crucial in transforming teachers into "expert knowers about their students and classrooms" (Cochran-Smith & Lytle, 1999, p. 16). This article reports on a mixed-method study of the research engagement of a group of primary school teachers in China's Guangdong province, focusing…
Descriptors: Writing for Publication, Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning