提高“文献阅读与评价”课程质量的行动研究

Action research on the course of Critical Reading of Academic Papers

本文报告了一项提高“文献阅读与评价”课程质量的行动研究。“文献阅读与评价”课程为一年级英语专业应用语言学硕士研究生开设，共16个课时，一个学分，旨在提高学生阅读与评价学术文献的能力和合作学习的能力。该课程经历了3个循环的行动研究（2009—2011年），课程质量得到明显提高。实践证明，行动研究是改进教学、发展教师专业化能力的有效途径。

The paper reports action research on the course Critical Reading of Academic Papers. This one-credit course with 16-hour teaching is designed for the first year MA students of applied linguistics to develop their abilities of reading and evaluating academic papers published in international journals and their abilities of collaborative learning. The course has been improved through three cycles of action research from the year of 2009 to the year of 2011. The results show that action research is effective for teachers to better their teaching and develop their professional abilities.