Achilleas Kostoulas

Applied Linguistics & Language Teacher Education

Research Methodology (All)

  • Developing research literacy skills for language teachers: The ReaLiTea project

    Developing research literacy skills for language teachers: The ReaLiTea project

    The ReaLiTea project is an international collaboration that aims to develop research literacy among teachers. This post provides an overview of the project and explains why research literacy is necessary and urgent.

  • Classroom Observation: A how-to guide

    Classroom Observation: A how-to guide

    Classroom obvervations can be challenging. This guide describes a series of steps that can help you to plan, conduct and reflect on a visit to a language classroom.

  • A classroom observation framework

    A classroom observation framework

    Conducting classroom observations is one of the most effective ways to develop as a teacher. But classrooms are so information-rich that the experience can be overwhelming. How do you decide what to look out for?

  • Becoming Research Literate: Supporting Teacher Research in ELT

    Becoming Research Literate: Supporting Teacher Research in ELT

    Daniel Xerri and Ceres Pioquinto have put together an edited collection on research literacy for language educators (Becoming Research Literate: Supporting Teacher Research in ELT), which is free to download. This post describes the book, and my own contribution to it, and includes a link to download the book.

  • Doing Classroom-Based Research

    Doing Classroom-Based Research

    In this post I dicsuss classroom-based research as a way for teachers to explore their professional practice.

  • Five benefits of attending conferences

    Five benefits of attending conferences

    The latest issue of English Language Teaching Journal has an interesting article, by Simon Borg, which describes what ELT professionals perceive as the benefits of participating in conferences. Unfortunately the article is behind a paywall, but if you or your institution have a subscription to  ELT J, you can follow the link below: Borg, S. (2015). The…

  • TESOL Research Agenda 2014

    TESOL Research Agenda 2014

    TESOL International recently published their 2014 research agenda, a document that aims to summarise salient theoretical developments and gaps in the profession’s collective knowledge, and provide guidance for new research projects. Future research In the document, three main domains of research are defined: (a) research on individuals engaged in language teaching and learning, (b) research on…

  • Special Issue on Research Ethics

    Special Issue on Research Ethics

    The Journal of Microbiology and Biology Education is not a likely source of content for this blog, but their 2014 Special Issue (Vol. 15, Issue 2) is particularly interesting, due to its focus on research ethics. Though primarily addressed to scientists in the fields of Microbiology and Biology, the issue contains many useful insights about…

  • How to summarise Likert scale data using SPSS

    How to summarise Likert scale data using SPSS

    If you want to convert multiple Likert item scores in a combined scale, here’s one way to do it using SPSS.