Reflections on the Exploration Phase of an EAR Project on Teaching Speaking
This article offers a reflective account of the exploration phase completed for an Exploratory Action Research project on teaching speaking. It was completed over a 6-month period, with the help of a critical friend. The focus of this article is the thought process that the teacher-researcher went through while engaged in the exploration, as well as the way that collaboration with a critical friend pushed the exploration forward.