Classroom-oriented Research: Achievements and Challenges [Paperback]

The volume brings together papers related to different aspects of classroom-oriented research on teaching and learning second and foreign languages that have been authored by specialists from Poland and abroad. The first part contains contributions dealing with individual variation in the language classroom, in particular age, anxiety, beliefs and language learning strategies. The second part deals with various facets of teachers behaviors in the classroom, focusing in particular on classroom communication and the use of action research in teacher training. The third part includes papers devoted to various instructional practices, such as the use of new technologies, the development of intercultural competence, assessment or combining content and language. Finally, the last part deals with issues involved in research methodology, with special emphasis being placed on the use of diaries, observations, mixed methods research as well as triangulation.This volume collects papers related to different aspects of classroom-oriented research on teaching and learning second and foreign languages. It provides important guidelines for researchers interested in conducting their own classroom-oriented research.Age and the classroom learning of additional languages.- The sociolinguistic parameters of L2 speaking anxiety.- Comparing teachers and learners views on grammar instruction and error correction.- Stability and variability in pre-service teachers beliefs.- The relationship between learning strategies and speaking performance.- Strategic intervention in the foreign language classroom.- On the role of teacher questions in EFL classrooms  analyzing lesson videos.- Teacher interpersonal communication abilities in the classroom with regard to perceived classroom justice and credibility.- Discovering teacher-trainees understanding of TEFL theories with the use of think-aloud protocols.- Action research and teacher development: MA students perspective.- Communicating solidlƒ!