The IATEFL Research SIG is devoted to promoting, supporting and discussing research in English language teaching, including practitioner research. Key concerns for us relate to:
* The nature of research in ELT - What counts as research? What broad approaches to research are available to us?
* Processes of doing research - How do we design a research project? What research methods are available to us?
* Processes of disseminating research - What options are available to us for sharing our work? How can we prepare effective oral presentations of research? How do we go about preparing written accounts of research?
* Evaluating research - How do we judge the value and quality of research?
* The role and relevance of research in the lives of ELT professionals - What role does research (others' and our own) play in the lives of ELT teachers and teacher educators? How can the relevance of research be enhanced?
Becoming a Member
To join the Research Special Interest Group you need to be a member of IATEFL - the International Association of Teachers of English as a Foreign Language. You can take out a membership on-line here. If you are already an IATEFL member and you want simply to add ReSIG to a SIG membership you already have, please contact Vicky Sowerby in the IATEFL office (Vicky@iatefl.org) - indeed, contact Vicky if you have any membership concerns.
There are different categories of IATEFL membership:
As a member of IATEFL and the Research SIG you will enjoy the following benefits:
For information and enquiries about joining IATEFL please visit the IATEFL website.
Currently IATEFL Research SIG has around 220 members from all over the world - we hope you will join us!
* The nature of research in ELT - What counts as research? What broad approaches to research are available to us?
* Processes of doing research - How do we design a research project? What research methods are available to us?
* Processes of disseminating research - What options are available to us for sharing our work? How can we prepare effective oral presentations of research? How do we go about preparing written accounts of research?
* Evaluating research - How do we judge the value and quality of research?
* The role and relevance of research in the lives of ELT professionals - What role does research (others' and our own) play in the lives of ELT teachers and teacher educators? How can the relevance of research be enhanced?
Becoming a Member
To join the Research Special Interest Group you need to be a member of IATEFL - the International Association of Teachers of English as a Foreign Language. You can take out a membership on-line here. If you are already an IATEFL member and you want simply to add ReSIG to a SIG membership you already have, please contact Vicky Sowerby in the IATEFL office (Vicky@iatefl.org) - indeed, contact Vicky if you have any membership concerns.
There are different categories of IATEFL membership:
- Student (£31) - One SIG free of charge included, £15.50 for additional SIGs
- Retired (£31) - One SIG free of charge included, £15.50 for additional SIGs
- Individual (£48) - One SIG free of charge included, £15.50 for additional SIGs
- Institutional (£152) - plus £29.50 to join the Research SIG
As a member of IATEFL and the Research SIG you will enjoy the following benefits:
- IATEFL Voices, which is published 6 times a year.
- ELT Research, our SIG Newsletter, which is published two to three times a year.
- access to special rates for the IATEFL Annual Conference, Research SIG events, selected periodicals (including the ELT Journal and the Annual Review of Applied Linguistics) and other IATEFL publications, plus (currently) free access to Language Teaching and English Today.
- access to scholarships made available to ReSIG members (see the 'Scholarships' tab) and to IATEFL members.
For information and enquiries about joining IATEFL please visit the IATEFL website.
Currently IATEFL Research SIG has around 220 members from all over the world - we hope you will join us!
