POSTGRADO EN LINGÜÍSTICA APLICADA
Research Methods Course
Prof. Dafne González
Sept.-Dec. 2004
Guest Tutors
During our course, we will have several invited professors
from different countries who will share with the participants their
experience doing research in the area of applied linguistics. Below
you will read some background of our guests.
Our Course meets on Tuesdays from 18:00 to 21:00 GMT. (14:00- 17:00
in Caracas)
| Aiden Yeh is a Ph.D
Candidate at the University of Birmingham. She is a Lecturer at Wen
Zao Ursuline College of Languages, Taiwan <http://www.wtuc.edu.tw/version/english/new2/>. Aiden says: "The topic of my research is about the plight of Taiwanese EFL [English as Foreign Language] teachers in private supplementary schools or what is known as cram schools or the infamous bu-xi-bans. The title of my research is "An Investigation on attitudes and teaching practices of Taiwanese EFL teachers in private supplementary schools" I'd be looking at the implications of self-evaluation and change toward professional development. This research is a continuation of my MSc in ELT Management research about NNS EFL Teachers in Taiwan, for abstract go to this site: http://www.surrey.ac.uk/ALRG/dissertations/Yeh_A_2001.html I've been contemplating about my PhD research for a year now and I feel that I've got to get it moving. I've been reluctant and hesitant about something, that something is still unclear to me, even up to now. Perhaps it's the fear of finding out that there's little that can be done to alleviate the situation of whatever it is that I'm looking for in my study". Listen to Aiden's talk and read her research page at: http://dcyeh.com/aiden_phd/ |
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I've been a teacher and teacher trainer for many years. English literature used to be my favourite subject to teach.. For quite a number of years I taught English as a foreign language as well. And since the middle of the nineties I've been involved in online and distance learning. Read Arnold's Web page for his presentation: "Action Research: Teacher as Researcher" Zip file of the session at Alado (open zip and select html file for the whole session, and the .wma file for only sound) |
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| Dr. Elizabeth Hanson-Smith is former Coordinator and
co-founder of the graduate TESOL program at CSU, Sacramento. An educational
technology consultant, her publications include CALL Environments:
Research, Practice, and Critical Issues, and Technology-Enhanced
Learning Environments. She was lead designer for the Oxford Picture
Dictionary CD and helped create Live Action English and Spanish, CD
versions of TPR. She conducts online courses using collaborative tools
and manages Real English Online <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Real_English_Online>,
a group for teachers using video and audio, and Academic Writing <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/academic_writing>,
where students can use exercises based on her award-winning software,
Constructing the Paragraph. Current projects include a new book on
CMC. HOMEPAGE: <http://www.geocities.com/ehansonsmi/> E-mail: ehansonsmi@yahoo.com Dr. Hanson-Smith's presentation |
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| Renata Suzuki has an MA in Modern Languages from Oxford
University. She is currently teaching English for Economics at Sophia
University and doing a post-graduate TEFL/TESL course at the University
of Birmingham. She has been living in Japan for twenty years, working
as a mother, teacher and environmental campaigner. Her research focuses
on the use of blogs as a tool to investigate teacher use of motivation
in the classroom. http://grankageva.blogspot.com/
. Read her article about it: Suzuki, R. (2004).Diaries as introspective research tools: From Ashton-Warner to Blogs. TESL-EJ, Vol. 8, Nº 1. Archive 10-26-04 -- Renata Suzuki's Talk : "Diaries/blogs as a research tool" |
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Susanne Nyrop, Denmark. BA in media & communciations. She is a stududent candidate at the Danish University of Education in Copenhagen. Susanne works as a free lance mentor and collaborative workshop developer. Her research is on cyber-ethnography with a main focus on online community activities in professional development. She has co-moderated different online teacher training workshops. Presentation: “Analysing computer mediated conversations" ppt |
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| Rubena St. Louis tiene un B.A. en Language and Literature
(Spanish) (University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, 1984). Magíster
en Lingüística Aplicada (Universidad Simón Bolívar,
1999). Desde 1997 ha dictado varias asignaturas de inglés con
fines específicos a nivel de pregrado (comprensión de
lectura científico–técnica e inglés para
computistas). Desde 2000 se desempeña en el Postgrado en Lingüística
Aplicada como profesora de Teorías y Métodos de la enseñanza
II y Desarrollo y evaluación de materiales para la enseñanza
de idiomas. Sus intereses abarcan los áreas de memoria y cognición,
diseño de materiales y autonomía en el aprendizaje Rubena's presentation: A tale of two..... |
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Egresada de la UNIMET como Licenciada en Idiomas Modernos mención docencia.Magíster en Lingüística Aplicada (Universidad Simón Bolívar). Ha dictado cursos de Inglés Técnico y Científico (111, 112 y 113) en la USB, así como cursos de Inglés para Arquitectura y Urbanismo en sus 6 niveles. Actualmente se desempeña como Jefa de la Sección de Inglés con Fines Específicos y es miembro del Consejo Asesor del Dpto de Idiomas. Ha participado como miembro de la comisión de Banco de Itemes, profesor acompañante de un grupo de estudiantes a la Universidad de West Indies (Convenio Internacional con esa institución), y también como profesor asesor de estudiantes de nuevo ingreso. Paralelamente ha trabajado dictando cursos de Inglés con propósitos comunicativos (niveles introductorio, básico, intermedio y avanzado) en instituciones como el CVA, American Language Academy, Emans Language Center y Funindes. Abtract de la presentación - Power Point presentation (zip) |
