Research As a Tool for Empowerment: Theory Informing Practice (Research in Second Language Learning)

A volume in Research in Second Language Learning

Series Editor: JoAnn Hammadou Sullivan, University of Rhode Island

Research as a Tool for Empowerment: Theory Informing Practice will be an edited volume that will include an array of research-based chapters that not only further the field of second/foreign language research, but that also provide practical implications to language classrooms in international and national settings.

Unlike previous anthologies in second/foreign language research, this proposed volume will present studies from various research paradigms: quantitative, qualitative, teacher-research, and mixed-methods research. Each of these three sections is tied together by the overall theme of empowerment.

CONTENTS: Forward, Elaine Horwitz ? Foreign Language Education, The University of Texas at Austin. Introduction, David Schwarzer, Melanie Bloom, & Sarah Shono. Part I: Researching Teachers? Voices. Inventing a Spanish Classroom: Responding to Students? Voices, Melanie Bloom ? Spanish for Nurses, The University of Texas at Austin. Foreign Language Teachers? Anxiety: A Close Look at Non-native Foreign Language Teachers, Lorena Canessa ? English as a Foreign Language, West Chester Friends School at West Chester, PA. Negotiation in the ESL Classroom as a Means to Validate Students? Ideas and Learning Needs, Clarena Larrotta ? English as a Foreign Language, University of Mayaguez, Puerto Rico. Increasing Student Engagement, Motivation, and Accountability in the Foreign Language Classroom through Inquiry-Based Learning: A Teacher-Researcher Account, Chris Luke ? Spanish as a Foreign Language, Ball State University. Teacher Research and Student Needs: A Recipe for Invention, Simone Hanesch, Rob Martinsen, & Kirstin Engelhardt ? Foreign Language Education, The University of Texas at Austin. Part II: Researching Learners? Voices. Teachers? L1/L2 Uses in the Foreign Language Classroom: Voices from Nonnative Teachers, Chia-Chen Chang ? English as a Foreign Language, The University of Texas at Austin. Heritage Language Learners? Voices: The ?Spanish for Spanish Speakers? Experience in a Rural Midwestern High School, Charla Lorenzen ? Spanish as a Second Language, The University of Texas at Austin. Empowering Parents and Children: The Case for Qualitative Parent-Child L2 Research, Sun-Joo Kim ? Early Biliteracy Development, The University of Texas at Austin. Noa?s Ark is Resting: Insights from a Multiliterate Child?s Journey, David Schwarzer ? Early Multiliteracy Development, The University of Texas at Austin. Part III: Researching Methodological Voices. The Unstable Role of Context: A Comparison of Research Instruments, Clay Butler ? English Language & Linguistics, Baylor University. Empowering Researchers & Non-native Learners Through Interviews, Sarah Shono ? English as a Foreign Language, The University of Texas at Austin. Sharing your Toys: Reciprocity as a Basis for Research Relationships, Mary Petrón ? Bilingual Education, Texas A&M International University. Conclusion: Empowerment through Research: Future Directions, David Schwarzer, Melanie Bloom, & Sarah Shono. References. Index.