Topic: Plenary | “It’s about human relationships”: Teachers and researchers working together for better second language education
Presenter: Masatoshi Sato
Presentation details
If you are an in-service or pre-service teacher, are you struggling to understand the value of research for classroom teaching? If you are a researcher or a graduate student, are you struggling to find ways in which you can contribute to classroom teaching? With a problem-solving mindset, Masatoshi will discuss how the research-practice relationship (RPR) could be more inclusive and mutually-beneficial. After discussing some major obstacles, he will propose several ideas for a constructive, bi-directional, and mutually-beneficial dialogue between teachers and researchers.
As an example, Masatoshi will introduce TESOLgraphics.com and explain how the platform is designed to mitigate the obstacles to an equitable and inclusive RPR. Throughout, he will emphasize the importance of collaborative mindset and empathy among second language professionals who operate with different types of professional knowledge, experience, expectations, and rewards.
About the presenter
Masatoshi Sato is a Professor at Universidad Andrés Bello, Chile. His research agenda is to conduct theoretical and applied research in order to facilitate the dialogue between practitioners and researchers. He is a recipient of the ACTFL/MLJ Paul Pimsleur Award. He is the Co-Director of TESOLgraphics as well as MonISLA. He is currently the Editor of Language Awareness.