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1. Researching Teaching Emotions in ELT: An Action Research Perspective – Peter De Costa
Given the action research (e.g., Banegas & Consoli, 2021; Ustuk, 2021) turn in applied linguistics, I briefly explore how this methodology can be deployed in order to explore issues related to teacher emotions from a sociopolitical perspective. Such a perspective takes into consideration issues of power an inequality that ELT professionals have to negotiate at the workplace. I start with a brief and broad overview of the language teacher emotion landscape. Following that, I present underlying principles that characterize action research. The remainder of the talk examines how these principles can be applied to better understand the increasing pressures teachers encounter in educational institutions as a result of neoliberal demands placed upon them.
2. Warranting the Quality of Life through Exploratory Practice in ELT – Takaaki Hiratsuka
This presentation delineates the adoption of Exploratory Practice (EP) (Allwright & Hanks, 2009) within the ELT field. I begin by defining EP and discussing seminal studies that have influenced the field and my own work. I then outline various EP studies I conducted specifically in Japan (e.g., Hiratsuka, 2016, 2018, 2021; Hiratsuka & Barkhuizen, 2015; Hiratsuka & Nall, 2023, 2024), highlighting key findings and implications. Finally, drawing on my experiences as an EP practitioner and researcher, I address practical and empirical discoveries and challenges encountered during these studies. Through this discussion, I cast light on the potential of EP as a methodology for enhancing language education and fostering a better quality of life for both teachers and learners in diverse contexts.
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