Language Teacher Research in the Americas
Language Teacher Research Series
Hedy McGarrell, Volume Editor
Thomas S. C. Farrell, Series Editor
Table of Contents
Series Editor’s Preface
CHAPTER 1: Language Teacher Research in the Americas
Hedy M. McGarrell
CHAPTER 2: Understanding Practices: Bridging the Gap Between What Teachers Do and What Students Know (Colombia)
Angela Bailey, Lourdes Rey, and Nayibe Rosado
CHAPTER 3: Revisiting Peer Review (Canada)
Sandra Burger and Catherine Danforth
CHAPTER 4: Film in the ESL Classroom: Hearing the Student’s Voice (Canada)
Andy Curtis
CHAPTER 5: ESL Students as Ethnographers: Examining Academic Interactions (United States)
Maria Dantas-Whitney
CHAPTER 6: Studying Classroom Practices and Learner Perceptions to Improve Test Quality (Canada)
Wendy Fraser and Janna Fox
CHAPTER 7: Listening to Text and ESL Students: Facilitating Low-Frequency Vocabulary Acquisition Incidentally (United States)
Jami Gurkin
CHAPTER 8: Promoting Innovative Practices Through Reflective Collaboration (Brazil)
Andrea Jesus, Heliana Mello, and Deise Dutra
CHAPTER 9: Mi and Myself: Dual Identity in Jamaican Contact Language Speakers (Jamaica)
Mary Hills Kuck
CHAPTER 10: Local Cultures, Language Politics, and Service Learning in the TEFL Certificate Course (Ecuador)
Kathleen McInerney
CHAPTER 11: Finding and Leveraging Vocabulary Strengths While Addressing Needs (United States)
Elizabeth Park
CHAPTER 12: Are Nonnative Speakers Really Able to Converse? (United States)
Eliana Santana-Williamson
CHAPTER 13: Learning How to Learn: Metacognitive Strategy Training With Beginning EFL Students (Costa Rica)
Sharon L. Springer
References
Index