Looking Back into an Action-Research Project: Teaching/Learning to Reflect on the Language Classroom

Authors

  • Luiz Paulo da Moita Lopes
  • Alice Maria da Fonseca Freire

Keywords:

action-research, project, evaluation, language teachers.

Abstract

This paper focusses on an action-research project in language classrooms in the official educational system of the city of Rio de Janeiro. It introduces the demand which motivated the project and the general theoretical framework which underlies action-research as reflection on a social practice conducted by its participants. Next, the paper reports on the general plan of the project, involving issues connected with the research context, length of time and the steps followed. By way of conclusion, positive and negative factors of the project are drawn on the basis of an analysis of data derived from audiotaped sessions with participants, open-ended questionnaires and the research papers produced.

Author Biographies

Luiz Paulo da Moita Lopes

Luiz Paulo da Moita Lopes holds a PhD in Applied Linguistics from the University of London and has published on Applied Linguistcs research methodology, foreign language and mother tongue classroom interaction, reading comprehension, teacher education and discourse and social identity. He is an Associate Professor at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro.

Alice Maria da Fonseca Freire

Alice Maria da Fonseca Freire holds a Ph D in Educational Linguistics from the University of Pennsylvania and has published on second/foreign language teaching/learning processes. She is an Associate Professor at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro.

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Issue

Vol. 19 No. 2 (1998)

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Papers

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