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Exploratory Practice for Continuing Professional Development

An Innovative Approach for Language Teachers

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Authors:
  1. Assia Slimani-Rolls

    1. Institute of Languages and Culture, Regent’s University London, London, United Kingdom

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  2. Richard Kiely

    1. Modern Languages and Linguistics, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom

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  • Exposes the perspectives of practising ELT and MFL teachers undertaking their CPD in Higher Education
  • Emphasises the centrality of teacher and learner learning in language education curriculum improvement
  • Breaks down the artificial separation of ELT and MFL in the professional literature

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  2. Introduction

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-3
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    2. Exploratory Practice in Language Education: How Teachers Teach and Learn

      • Assia Slimani-Rolls, Richard Kiely
      Pages 5-27

    3. Exploratory Practice as a Principled Framework for CPD

      • Assia Slimani-Rolls, Richard Kiely
      Pages 29-49

    4. Exploratory Practice and Modern Foreign Languages in a Globalised World

      • Assia Slimani-Rolls, Richard Kiely
      Pages 51-69

  3. Introduction

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 71-73
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    2. Teachers and Researchers: Working Towards a Teacher Learning Community

      • Assia Slimani-Rolls, Richard Kiely
      Pages 75-89

    3. Using the Mother Tongue in the Language Classroom: Hindrance or Help?

      • Assia Slimani-Rolls, Richard Kiely
      Pages 91-103

    4. Mobile Phones in My Language Classroom: A Cause for Concern or a Source of Communication?

      • Assia Slimani-Rolls, Richard Kiely
      Pages 105-117

    5. A Written Feedback Puzzle: Understanding ‘Local’ Pedagogy

      • Assia Slimani-Rolls, Richard Kiely
      Pages 119-133

    6. Rebuilding Practitioner Self-Efficacy Through Learner Feedback

      • Assia Slimani-Rolls, Richard Kiely
      Pages 135-151

    7. Gaining Deeper Understanding of Teaching Speaking Skills from Collaborative Inquiry

      • Assia Slimani-Rolls, Richard Kiely
      Pages 153-167

    8. Insight into Learner-Generated Materials

      • Assia Slimani-Rolls, Richard Kiely
      Pages 169-183

    9. Opportunities and Challenges for Exploratory Practice in the Classroom

      • Assia Slimani-Rolls, Richard Kiely
      Pages 185-205

  4. Back Matter

    Pages 207-213
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About this book

This book explores the use of Exploratory Practice (EP) as a tool for Continuing Professional Development (CPD) by language teachers, and responds to the increasing demand for teachers to engage in research. It presents the results of a unique two-year longitudinal study that critically examines the implementation of EP by teachers of English and modern foreign languages. Through these case studies, the authors provide a critical account of EP as a form of practitioner research that bridges the divide between theory and practice. It emphasizes the centrality of teacher and learner learning in language education curriculum improvement, and gives a voice to teachers’ perspectives on using EP in the classroom. This book will be of interest to language education professionals and scholars working in Applied Linguistics and Language Education.



Authors and Affiliations

  • Institute of Languages and Culture, Regent’s University London, London, United Kingdom

    Assia Slimani-Rolls

  • Modern Languages and Linguistics, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom

    Richard Kiely

About the authors

Assia Slimani-Rolls is Head of Research and Professional Development at the Institute of Languages and Culture, Regent’s University London, UK. 


Richard Kiely is Director of Postgraduate Taught Programmes in Modern Languages and Linguistics at the University of Southampton, UK.


With contributions from: Michelle Rawson, Maria Esther Lecumberri, Anna Costantino, Chris Banister, John Houghton and Marianna Goral.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Exploratory Practice for Continuing Professional Development

  • Book Subtitle: An Innovative Approach for Language Teachers

  • Authors: Assia Slimani-Rolls, Richard Kiely

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-69763-5

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham

  • eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2019

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-69762-8Published: 19 July 2018

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-09910-7Published: 24 January 2019

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-69763-5Published: 09 July 2018

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIV, 213

  • Topics: Language Education, Language Teaching, Language Education, Teaching and Teacher Education

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