1. Identifying research priorities: Themes and directions for the TESOL international research foundation. Duff & Bailey (2001) Monica Lopez – Fall 2006

2. Forum Questions  How can you relate the questions in the article to your own personal teaching/learning experience?  How similar or different are they?

3. What is known? What needs to be researched?  Tucker, R. – Age of beginning instruction  Lightbown, P. – L2 instruction: Time to teach  Snow, C. – Learning to read in an L2  Christian, D. – Dual-language education for English language learners  De Bot, K. – Interaction in the classroom.

4. What is known? What needs to be researched? (cont.)  Lynch, B. – Language Assessment and program evaluation  Nunan, D. – English as a Global Language  Duff, P. – Learning EOP and EAP  Freeman, D. – Teacher learning and student learning in TESOL  Bailey, K. – Teacher preparation and development

5. Discussion  In groups of three, think about: a)Areas of research you are interested in and an idea of a research question that you may be able to investigate in our setting (e.g. ISU) b) Data gathering instruments, target population, analysis.