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Colombian Applied Linguistics Journal
Print version ISSN 0123-4641
Abstract
CORDOBA ZUNIGA, Eulices; VASQUEZ ZULETA, Isabel and MORENO MORENO, Uriel. Pair Research Tasks: Promoting Educational Research with Pre-Service Teachers. Colomb. Appl. Linguist. J. [online]. 2021, vol.23, n.2, pp.196-212. Epub June 29, 2021. ISSN 0123-4641. https://doi.org/10.14483/22487085.16347.
This paper presents a study that explores the role of pair-work tasks to promote educational research in 20 pre-service English language teachers (eleven males and nine females) of a Colombian public university. The project was carried out to enhance educational research skills and knowledge by developing theoretical-practical pair-work research tasks. Data was collected through observation field notes, semi-structured interviews, and field journals. The results suggest that pair-work research tasks increased learners’ opportunities to acquire theoretical and practical educational research knowledge and skills. Due to this exercise, the participants learned to define, formulate research objectives-questions, review the literature, and state research methodologies to finally write their research proposals. Additionally, pair-work research assignments offered an effective way to work together, negotiate, reach agreements, and gain experience by conducting theoretical and practical research exercises.
Keywords : academic research proposal; educational research; pair-work; research knowledge; task.