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Principles And Practices Of Esl Teachers: A Study Of Adults And Children, Michael P. Breen, Bernard Hird, Marion Milton, Rhonda Oliver, A. Thwaite
Principles And Practices Of Esl Teachers: A Study Of Adults And Children, Michael P. Breen, Bernard Hird, Marion Milton, Rhonda Oliver, A. Thwaite
Research outputs pre 2011
The study reported here aimed to identify the particular practices and uncover the particular principles of a group of ESL teachers. Some of the teachers were working with adult learners and some were working with young children. The research aimed to answer three main questions:
1. What are the classroom practices of this group of language teachers?
2. What principles do they identify as underlying their work in the classroom?
3. What is the relationship between the principles they held and the practices they adopted?
The study also aimed to find out if there were similarities or differences between teachers …