Action research is a new research method which is suitable for practitioners to do research and it especially has been popular in the educational field. In the case of new curriculum reform in our country, many scholars or teachers are exploring betterand more reasonable ways to improve English teaching. The appearance of action research means that a new method is provided tohelp scholars or teachers to study English teaching in our country. Therefore, this article will give a concrete introduction to actionresearch and also do some reflection on using action research to study English teaching in our country.