| Abstract in English | 第1-10页 |
| Abstract in Chinese | 第10-11页 |
| Introduction | 第11-13页 |
| Chapter One Literature Review | 第13-18页 |
| ·A historical overview of action research in the West | 第13-16页 |
| ·Origin of action research | 第13-14页 |
| ·Beginning of action research | 第14页 |
| ·Setback of action research | 第14-15页 |
| ·Reflourishing of action research | 第15-16页 |
| ·Action research in China | 第16-18页 |
| ·In Taiwan | 第16页 |
| ·In Mainland | 第16-18页 |
| Chapter Two Theoretical Foundation | 第18-40页 |
| ·Action research | 第18-32页 |
| ·Definition of action research | 第18-21页 |
| ·Classification of action research | 第21-22页 |
| ·Characteristics of action research | 第22-23页 |
| ·Techniques for action research | 第23-32页 |
| ·Field-notes and teaching logs | 第23-25页 |
| ·Diaries and journals | 第25-26页 |
| ·Personal accounts | 第26-27页 |
| ·Verbal reports | 第27-29页 |
| ·Questionnaires and interviews | 第29-30页 |
| ·Class observation | 第30-32页 |
| ·Teachers’professional development | 第32-38页 |
| ·Definition of teachers’professional development | 第32-33页 |
| ·Components of professional development as a language teacher | 第33-36页 |
| ·Professional knowledge as a language teacher | 第33-34页 |
| ·Professional competence as a language teacher | 第34-36页 |
| ·New trend of teachers’professional development | 第36-38页 |
| ·Action research and teachers’professional development | 第38-40页 |
| Chapter Three Research Methodology | 第40-63页 |
| ·Purpose | 第40页 |
| ·Subjects | 第40-41页 |
| ·Instrument and design | 第41-43页 |
| ·Journal writing and its design | 第42页 |
| ·Class observation and its design | 第42-43页 |
| ·Questionnaire & interview and their designs | 第43页 |
| ·Other related instruments | 第43页 |
| ·Action research plans | 第43-45页 |
| ·Result and analyses | 第45-63页 |
| ·A nalyses of teachers’journals | 第45-49页 |
| ·Analyses of the class observation | 第49-53页 |
| ·Analyses of the questionnaires | 第53-55页 |
| ·Analyses of the interviews | 第55-59页 |
| ·Analyses of peer coaching | 第59-60页 |
| ·The pre-test and post-test | 第60-63页 |
| Chapter Four Major findings and implications | 第63-70页 |
| ·Findings | 第63-66页 |
| ·Professional knowledge is enriched and enlarged to 1et teachers to know what | 第63页 |
| ·Professional competence is improved and enhanced to 1et teachers know how | 第63-64页 |
| ·Action research is a tool amenable to the teachers’professional development. | 第64-66页 |
| ·Implications of action research for EFL Teachers in senior high schools | 第66-68页 |
| ·Teachers can improve professionally by using techniques of action research | 第66页 |
| ·Reflection on concrete situational problem in the procedure is the basis of research. | 第66-67页 |
| ·Action research is an effective and efficient way to promote EFL teachers’professional development | 第67-68页 |
| ·Limitation and further research | 第68-70页 |
| ·Action research is only problem-focused | 第68页 |
| ·The action research is not strictly and exactly replicable | 第68-69页 |
| ·Further study: the action research can be structured better | 第69-70页 |
| Conclusion | 第70-71页 |
| Bibliography | 第71-75页 |
| Appendices | 第75-81页 |
| Appendix Ⅰ | 第75-76页 |
| Appendix Ⅱ | 第76-77页 |
| Appendix Ⅲ | 第77-79页 |
| Appendix IV | 第79-81页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第81-82页 |
| 论文作者在学习期间发表学术论文目录 | 第82页 |
