ACTION RESEARCH

ACTION RESEARCH

1. It is a process in which teachers investigate teaching and learning so as to improve their own and their students' learning.

2. Characteristics

   • Analyses humas actions and social situations through students and teacher experience.
   • It uses an exploratory approach.
   • It aims to explain what happens in the classroom in a teaching context.
   • It involves teachers, students, beliefs, values, intention, descisions, etc.
   • It uses direct simple language.

3. Stages in action research

   • Plan of action
   • Act
   • Observe
   • Reflect

4. Why do action research?

   • A way of learning about our learners.
   • Reflecting and analysing our teaching.
   • A way of monitoring and evaluating innovation.

5. Critisism of action research

   • It have centered around its lack of:
     • Reliability
     • Validity
     • Replicability
   • It is unable to provide facts or universal truths about language teaching.

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