Research into the links between language teacher development and working with children as co- researchers

Published: Jan. 21, 2016, 1:21 p.m.

Dr Annamaria Pinter, Warwick University, gives a talk for the Department of Education public seminar series. Convener: Professor Victoria Murphy Applied Linguistics Research Group. Interview data conducted at regular intervals during the study has been analysed to make tentative links between working with children as co-researchers and teachers\u2019 professional development. This talk will address children\u2019s status in applied linguistics research more broadly, and then discuss the conceptual and practical issues around children as co-researchers/ researchers. The talk will also report on an ongoing study with Indian primary English teachers who have been working with children as co-researchers in their classrooms.