The Application Of Action Research To English Teaching In Middle School

Action research is the process of systematically evaluating the consequences of educational decisions and adjusting practice to maximize effectiveness.This paper mainly gives a detailed introduction to the general idea of action research and the ways how it can be applied in the foreign language teaching. A very practical teaching approach can be derived from the study of action research case of educational practice and so we can do something better to manage how to teach in the real situation.This paper included mainly the following four parts.Partâ… :The definition theory, applying fields and methods of action research.Partâ…¡:Questionnaires were given out as the investigation form to 320 students of a middle school in Changchun City to find out the necessity and values of action research.Partâ…¢:According to the preliminary data analysis, we expound and proved the feasibility of ac tion research. Some very practical teaching methods and approaches can be derived from the study of action research case of educational practice based upon the literature.Part IV:According to the three action research reports showing here, we have analyzed the specific key links and approaches of action research, developing some plans about how to use methods and techniques of action research to deal with the practical problems in English teaching.