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[Lauddie]

My name is Tina Beattie and I am a graduate student at Grand Valley State University completing my Masters in Education with an emphasis on Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL).

For my thesis I am conducting a case study on the ways in which context affects English teachers� methodologies in teaching English in foreign settings.

For this research I am in need of volunteers, specifically volunteers who are native English speakers and who are in their first year of teaching English in a foreign setting.

The research will take place over a six week period in which the participants and I will contact one another through e-mail and an agreed upon on-line chat program.

The participant will need to have access to a secure computer, e-mail program, and on-line chat programs as well as be willing to keep a teaching journal where they will reflect upon their teaching and submit random samples from it, in addition to lesson plans and possibly teaching materials.

If you are interested in participating in this research or have further questions about it please e-mail me at [email protected]

This Exempt research protocol has been approved by the Human Research Review Committee at Grand Valley State University. File No. 10-173-H.

[just_a_mirage]

Hi Tina;

I am actually a Grand Valley alumni, teaching here in Ecuador. I am not in my first year, but would be happy help you in any way. PM me for more info if you want.

[naturegirl321]

You might try on the general dicussion forum.

[spiral78]

be willing to keep a teaching journal where they will reflect upon their teaching and submit random samples from it, in addition to lesson plans and possibly teaching materials.

This is really a demanding set of requirements for someone who is just a volunteer for someone else's research. I was thinking of asking some of our newbies here in the Netherlands to help out until I realised how much time and energy is being requested for free.