探讨大学外语课堂上的学生话语权

An Investigation Into Students’ Discursive Power in University English-Major Classrooms

本研究借助课堂观察、录音、录像收集来的语料,集中描述了国内某大学英语专业学生是如何获得短暂的、局部的话语权势来插入他们的观点和看法,以此改变课堂活动的内容和方向的。分析显示:学生可以利用IRF结构中的任何一个话步来获得更强势的位置,从而摆脱教师的控制。学生主要是通过下列四种方式获得话语权的:(1)坚持异议;(2)开启新话题;(3)决定话题的相关性;(4)对教师的回答提供反馈。同时,本文也显示了课堂权势关系的多维性和动态性。

Drawing on the data from observing and audio- and video-recording two English major classrooms, this paper focuses on how the students wielded local interactional power to insert their own agendas. The findings show that they gained local power by using four strategies： 1） adhering to their disagreement; 2） initiating new topics; 3） determining the relevance of the topic; 4） providing feedback on the teacher＇s response. The paper also displays the muhi-dimensionality and dynamics of classroom power.