Browsing School of Language and Culture by Author "Denny, HG"
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Can busy classroom teachers really do action research: an action research study in an EAL [English as Additional Language] tertiary setting
Denny, HG (Applied Linguistics Association of New Zealand, 2006)Recent literature in general and language teacher education has promoted the benefits of empowering teachers to be in control of their professional development and curriculum development through reflection on practice and ... -
Improving the teaching of casual conversation through collaborative action research - a 'Leap in the Dark' or a 'Shot in the Arm'?
Denny, HG; Roskvist, A.; Englefield, B. (AUT University, 2005)There is, in recent TESOL literature, much encouragement for teachers to undertake Action Learning and Action Research in order to improve teaching and develop research skills. But how practical and beneficial is this in ... -
Improving the teaching of the pragmatic norms of conversation: a journey of reflective teacher action research
Denny, HG (Tesolanz, 2010)Following the recent renewal of interest in the teaching of pragmatics (Kasper & Roever, 2004), the author has conducted a series of action research investigations into the teaching of pragmatic norms using elicited recorded ... -
Making the implicit explicit: raising pragmatic awareness in trainee interpreters, using semi-authentic spontaneous discourse samples
Sachtleben, A; Denny, HG; Sachtleben, A; Denny, HG (TESOL, 2012)Following the recent interest in the teaching of pragmatics and the recognition of its importance for both cross-cultural communication and new speakers of an additional language, the authors carried out an action research ... -
Reflection and dialogue on postgraduate professional development for experienced language teachers
Conway, C; Denny, HG (RMIT Publishing, 2013)Recent discussion has focused on the benefits and constraints of using and teaching reflection for professional self-development (Farrell, 2007; Volk, 2010). Alongside this is an interest in the value of dialogue in teacher ... -
Reflective practice and action research as a source of pre-service and in-service professional development and classroom innovation: burden or benefit? myth or reality?
Denny, HG (AUT University, 2005)The concept of the teacher as reflective practitioner and teacher as researcher of his/her own classroom practice now has a long 20th and 21st century tradition and is promoted widely in the teacher education literature ... -
Teaching pragmatics to lower level learners
Denny, HG; Healy, J; Macdonald, F (TESOLANZ, Victoria University of Wellington, 2012)The teaching and learning of the pragmatics (socio-culturally determined norms) of a second language is vital if migrants and refugees are to live and work in the country of resettlement without miscommunication (Yates, ... -
The role of teacher consultation in teacher education: a teacher development project focused on designing and evaluating pragmatics-focused instructional materials
Denny, HG; Basturkmen, H (Applied Linguisitcs Association of New Zealand, 2011)Limited knowledge of pragmatics (the socio-cultural 'rules' of interaction in a community and how they are realised in language) can constitute a barrier to successful communication in a second language (Eslami-Rasekh, ...