ACTION RESEARCH: INTEGRAL ARMOURY FOR THE LANGUAGE TEACHER

Abstract

Language teachers must make action research an indispensable part of their language teaching armoury. They must realise that if they face challenges when teaching any aspect of the given course outline, be it in the form of disinterest on the part of the students or inability to comprehend the learning lesson, they must conduct some research so as to find solutions and overcome such challenges. In this paper, I will share my experiences in teaching ESP to tertiary students in a university in Malaysia and discuss the nature of the action research conducted. It is hoped that these experiences in action research will encourage participants to conduct their own mini research in overcoming the challenges they face in the language classroom.