Training English language student teachers to become teacher-researchers

The aim of this study is to understand what the student teachers studying at an English Language Teacher Training program understood from the concept of "teacher as researcher". The study was carried out at micro-teaching experience at English for Specific Purposes (ESP) course. Lesson study approach was made use in order for the students to realize how data collected during the teaching process can enhance the lesson and their professional development. The results of the study indicated that the student teachers' perception of the teacher as researcher concept and its constituents and its role in teaching changed. (C) 2011 Published by Elsevier Ltd. Selection and/or peer-review under responsibility of the 2nd World Conference on Psychology, Counselling and Guidance.