Teacher professional development through collaborative action research: Impact on foreign English-language teaching and learning

Educational Action Research

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 185-201

  Banegas, Dario ^a,b   Pavese, Anahí ^c   Velázquez, Aurelia ^c   Vélez, Sandra María ^c  

^a Hospital Zonal de Esquel   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^c Colegio Salesiano San Luis Gonzaga ^*  (Argentina)

Author keywords

collaborative action research; content and language integrated learning; English language teaching

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878663420     PISSN: 09650792     EISSN: 17475074     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09650792.2013.789717     Document Type: Article

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