Open AccessApplication of Action Research into the Development of English Linking in a College English Classroom
Author(s) -
Yao Liu
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of physics. conference series
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1742-6596
pISSN - 1742-6588
DOI - 10.1088/1742-6596/1852/3/032058
Subject(s) - pronunciation , action research , class (philosophy) , psychology , action (physics) , test (biology) , mathematics education , medical education , reflection (computer programming) , language proficiency , intervention (counseling) , college english , pedagogy , computer science , medicine , linguistics , psychiatry , paleontology , philosophy , physics , quantum mechanics , artificial intelligence , biology , programming language
This article reported the introduction of action research into an intensive English class for English major freshmen at a college in China. Sixty-one students (three boys and fifty-eight girls) participated in the study, which investigated the effects of action research on their pronunciation development of linking. Through a recording test and a questionnaire, students’ proficiency in English linking was identified. The test and the questionnaire were administered before the intervention. Based on the analysis results, a refined four-step process of planning, strategies, action and self-reflection was proposed, aiming to develop the students’ proficiency of linking. A three-week teaching action was carried out. With the help of online platform, online videos, timely feedback in class both from the teacher and peers, reflective journals in the process of the instruction and an interview conducted after it showed that action research had a clear positive effect on the development of students’ proficiency in English linking.