ACTION RESEARCH

By: Liriett A. herrera

WHAT IS ACTION RESEARCH?

Action research is a research initiated to solve an

immediate problem or a reflective process of progressive 

problem solving led by individuals working with others in

teams or as part of a "community of practice" to improve the

way they address issues and solve problems.

MY PROJECT BASED ON ACTION RESEARCH

METHODOLOGY

This research tempt to help teachers to

understand that it is necessary the

interaction between the students to

develop accuracy in the process of

learning a new language.

JUSTIFICATION FOR THIS RESEARCH

OBJECTIVES OF THIS RESEARCH:

To established the importance of student´s

interaction to accomplish their goal to learn the

new language.

METHODOLOGY:

Study cases,

class observation, diary,

interviews,

data analysis,

poster session.

Project starts on June 8th to July 20th, 2012.

Class Observations: 3er and 5th of July, 2012.

Data collection: Monday 9th, 2012

Data Analysis: Friday 13th, 2012.

Presentation of final project: Friday 20th, 2012.

BIBLIOGRAPHY:

bu.umc.edu.dz/theses/anglais/KOU1159.pdf 

CRONOLOGY OF THIS RESEARCH

IMPORTANCE OF INTERACTIONS BETWEEN ESL STUDENTS IN

THE CLASSROOM

What is interaction?

Interaction  refers to

communication between

individuals, particularly when

they are negotiating meaning

in order to prevent a

breakdown in

communication .

.

Why interaction is important for second language learners?

Hypothesis, which states that

conversational interaction

"facilitates [language] acquisition

because it connects input [what

learners hear and read]; internal

learner capacities, particularly

selective attention; and output

[what learners produce] in

productive ways" (Long, 1996,

pp. 451-452)

MOTIVATES STUDENTS’ INTERACTIONS IN THE CLASSROOM

. For Allright (1984) it

is important to keep

learners active in the

classroom, which

means reducing the

amount of teachers

talk in the classroom

and increasing the

learner´s talk time

Interactive tasks may be most successful when they contain elements that:

• Require learners to exchange information with their

partners or group members;

• Have a specific outcome;

• Involve details;

• Center on a problem, especially an ethical one, such as

deciding in a small group who should take the last spot in

a lifeboat, a nuclear physicist or a pregnant woman; and

• Involve the use of naturally occurring conversation and

narrative discourse. (Ellis, 2000

Research seems to support many practices that are currently employed in adult ESL instruction.

1. Giving students the opportunity to interact with the

teacher and with each other,

2. Planning instruction to include tasks that promote

these opportunities,

3. And teaching language forms and vocabulary in the

context of meaningful learning activities are all ways in

which second language acquisition research is applied

in the classroom.

. 1 1.It is important the student’s interaction in the classroom?

2. How often the students interact with their classmates inside the classroom?

No. 2

If learner interaction is well

structured and ,managed, then it can

be an important factor of cognitive

development, educational

achievements (Jophnson, 1995)

No. 3

In a recent research they

discovered that 23% of the

students say that sometimes they

interact with their partners and

13% say that always interacti

(University of Constantine)

No. 4As many researcher we

decided to established the importance the student’s interaction in the English Department and how the

students feel about it.

No. 5

We conduct a survey between the

students of Fourth grade in the

English Department at the

University of Panama, and the

100% conclude that the

interaction among them is an

importatn key to help them to

develop their fluency.

No.6We can suggest that in order to

help the students to improve their

speaking skills the class should be

more interactive than structural,

in which the students have the

opportunity to express themselves

freely.

ACTION RESEARCH

STUDENT’SINTERACTIONS

CONCLUSION

Action research is so suitable to education as it is a

process of exploration in which teachers explore such

things as themselves as an educators, their lives or

unique perspectives of their students, the structure and

practices of educational systems in order to bring

positive change to their schools and communities

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