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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.

[Andy123]

Good to see that research in being conducted on ESL methodology.

In SE Asia the methodology most employed by native and non -native teachers (in my opinion) is the powerful "Page Turning" lexical approach.

I have stopped discussing with teachers this valueless approach of employing a book, page by page, to "memorize" English.

No need for lesson plans, situational influences, cultural or individual needs of the students. The only preparation needed is what version of hangman or word search puzzle to use.

No self respecting "page turning" teacher will volunteer for a study. It is too much work.

An interesting thesis that I have always wanted to examine is the how and why �working girls" with no formal education can acquire a high degree of communicational function and conduct a comparative analysis with students educated in a school setting.

Now this would be a real eye opener !