行动研究与外语师范生

行动研究是国外盛行的一种师资教育途径，又是一种课堂教学研究方法。本文认为，在全国高校纷纷启动大学生科研创新计划的形势下，行动研究是比较适合高等师范院校外语学生进行的一种学术创新活动。它的重要性是与外语师资教育的目标密切相关的。本文还探讨了外语师范生课外开展行动研究的内容、方法以及要遵循的基本原则。

Action Research and EFL Pre-service Teachers

Action research has been playing an increasingly significant role in language education and teacher development in the Western contexts for the recent ten years, but it has not received much attention in China, either as a form of educational research or as a means of teacher education. This article first discusses the feasibility and importance of including action research as a key component of EFL student teachers' extracurricular academic activities, then demonstrates its contents, research methods, and the basic principles the involved administrations should adhere to if they want to successfully take students through the research process.