ACTION RESEARCH: THEORY AND PRACTICE IN ENGLISH PRE-SERVICE TEACHERS

Abstract

The action research in English as a Foreign Language (EFL) classroom aims to enhance development of quality teaching and learning process contributing not only to the quality of EFL teachers in handling the process of teaching learning but also to the quality of the students in learning English. This study aims at analyzing the phenomenon of how pre service teachers carry out action research as their final Project. It is conducted in English Education Department, one of universities in Indonesia. Three of the students’ papers were selected randomly to analyze. Review of documents and questionnaires were employed as data collection in this study. Having gathered the data, they were holistically analyzed as a case study occurring in English Education Department. The results indicated there were several cases happened. First, the pre service teachers did not comprehend holistically the notion of action research. Second, background of the study was not elaborated completely showing evidences of the study. Third, it is also unclear how all problem indicators were improved rationally using particular techniques or method. Fourth, they did not also comprehensively collect and analyze the data. The last, reporting the research project focused only on the quantitative data rather than qualitative one. Therefore, both researchers and supervisors are necessary to possess the whole understanding toward the type of the research chosen. Enriching literature reviews will enhance their literacy in order to achieve a better implementation in conducting action research. Keywords: action research, case study, pre-service teacher