Abstract
Action Research Communities for Language Teachers is a project of the ECML Programme 2016-18. Specific objectives of the ARC project were to introduce language teachers from different countries to action research approaches and to support the development and implementation of action research projects across national borders. The projects carried out were intended, on the one hand, to familiarise participants with different language teaching and learning situations in Europe, and, on the other hand, to raise awareness of the potential of action research. Some participants found it difficult to start their action research, to define the research question, to choose appropriate tools and to evaluate the results. Based on this experience, the research team has developed tools to facilitate the entry into action research such as the ARC-Spiral, the checklist, dialogue sheet and template for AF workshops in an international setting.