Open AccessACTION RESEARCH IN LANGUAGE AREA: Preparing English Language Teachers as Researchers
Author(s) -
W. Sayedama W. Sayedama
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
elt-lectura/elt-lectura : studies and perspectives in english language teaching
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2550-0724
pISSN - 2338-8560
DOI - 10.31849/elt-lectura.v1i2.459
Subject(s) - action research , action (physics) , computer science , data collection , english language , mathematics education , research data , pedagogy , psychology , sociology , world wide web , subject (documents) , social science , physics , quantum mechanics
Action research is useful not only in preparing future teachers but for all teachers to continue togrow and develop as reflective practitioners. This article presents an overview of the components of actionresearch (selecting an issue, refining the research question, and undertaking data collection, analyzing multipleforms of data, developing and implementing new instructional strategies, and making the research findingspublic). An example of an action research project on giving feedback on student writing is used to illuminatethese steps.