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Pinter, Annamaria (2018) Research issues with young learners. In: Garton, Sue and Copland, Fiona, (eds.) The Routledge Handbook of Teaching English to Young Learners. Routledge Handbooks in Applied Linguistics . Routledge, pp. 411-424. ISBN 9781138643772
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This chapter discusses the ways in which research has been undertaken with children in applied linguistics and ELT. First of all, the traditional paradigm is introduced and it is argued that most research to date has involved children as passive objects of adult interest. Even where children have been studied as unique subjects with their own characteristics and trajectories, all aspects of these studies have also been completely controlled by adults. An alternative paradigm which considers children as competent social agents is proposed, and, accordingly, the chapter recommends that it is possible to work with children as active subjects and co-researchers, and even to enable them to become researchers themselves. Children can influence and have useful input into research that concerns them and their learning. The consequences of this shift from passive to active research participants brings numerous benefits but also significant challenges. This chapter gives an overview of these benefits and challenges and suggests some practical recommendations for classroom research with children.
Item Type: | Book Item | ||||||
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Subjects: | P Language and Literature > P Philology. Linguistics | ||||||
Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Centre for Applied Linguistics | ||||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Applied linguistics, English language -- Study and teaching, School children | ||||||
Series Name: | Routledge Handbooks in Applied Linguistics | ||||||
Publisher: | Routledge | ||||||
ISBN: | 9781138643772 | ||||||
Book Title: | The Routledge Handbook of Teaching English to Young Learners | ||||||
Editor: | Garton, Sue and Copland, Fiona | ||||||
Official Date: | 20 September 2018 | ||||||
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Page Range: | pp. 411-424 | ||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||
Reuse Statement (publisher, data, author rights): | This is an Accepted Manuscript of a book chapter published by Routledge in The Routledge Handbook of Teaching English to Young Learners on 20/09/2018, available online: https://www.routledge.com/The-Routledge-Handbook-of-Teaching-English-to-Young-Learners-1st-Edition/Garton-Copland/p/book/9781138643772 | ||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 30 October 2018 | ||||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 20 March 2020 |
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