Discussion of college English classroom interaction under the multimedia environment

This paper mainly takes the influence that the reform of university English teaching brings to the university English as a moment to study the college English classroom interaction problems under the multimedia environment, this paper mainly discusses types and features of the interaction, analyse the current situation of classroom interaction, so as to make suggestions for the teaching of college English classroom interaction.

How to Promote Learner-Learner Scaffolding in ESL Classroom

The current study attempts to investigate learner-learner scaffolding in ESL classroom.Analyzing how learners providing scaffolding with each other,and presenting methods how to promote learner-learner scaffolding.In this paper,discourse analysis methodology utilized to carry out the research.In the study,the data collected from the transcripts of audio and video- recorded interaction during lessons in ESL classrooms at advanced level.The finding indicated that effective scaffolding among learners can promote their metacognition.It is hoped that the present study can serve to raise teachers' awareness of the importance of learner-learner scaffolding in English language teaching and learning.

A Study on Effect of Teachers' Questions on Classroom Interaction in EFL Classes

This paper aims to observe and analyze the effect of teachers' questions on the classroom interaction by means of IRF pattern.

Kinds and Levels of Questions Raised by EFL Teachers and 10th-Grade Students Through Classroom Interaction

The aim of this study is to reveal and classify kinds and levels of questions raised by EFL （English as a foreign language） teachers and students in the 10th-grade classes in Irbid Second Directorate of Education. The sample consisted of 20 teachers： 10 males and 10 females who taught 10th-grade classes, and 20 10th-grade classes： 10 male classes and 10 female classes where the interaction was held. Analysis of the kinds and levels of classroom questions raised by both teachers and students was done. An X2-test was used in analyzing the data of this study to see whether there was a significant difference in the kinds and levels of classroom questions between male and female students. The finding of the study showed that male and female teachers raised three kinds of questions： wh-, yes/no, and multiple choice, there were no differences between male and female teachers in the kinds of questions raised. This study recommended that EFL teachers should vary their teaching procedures and use other different types and levels of questions, other than the types and levels mentioned above.

Classroom Organization： from Teachers to Students

In the present article, the author looks into several influential questions that are too often given insufficient emphasis in the classroom teaching and the following conclusions are reached through the research： （1） Classroom is a behavior setting where students of different characteristics come to bring about desirable changes. Different strategies must be used to meet their needs; （2） Teachers are not just transmitters of knowledge; they must be an educator as well as a helpful person; （3） Students should be encouraged to communicate with teachers and their peers to achieve a conducive classroom climate.

Application of Communicative Principles in Classroom Teaching of Listening

In the listening teaching classes in colleges and universities, it is still a common phenomenon that the teaching is conducted in a fixed mode： explanation of new words, listening and doing exercises and then checking of answers. Interactive activities are scarcely held. This article focuses on the application of communicative principles in classroom teaching of listening. The theoretic support for this practice is provided and the conduct of the specific application of communicative principles during the pre-listening, while-listening and post-listening phases in classroom teaching of listening is discussed.

THE INTERACTIVE USE OF VIDEO IN THE ENGLISH CLASSROOM

Video in language teaching offers exciting possi-bilities to train learners’communicative competence.This article introduces five different techniques in us-ing video in the language class so as to bring about in-teraction between video,students and teacher.

A study on English teachers＇ questioning strategies in Western country

Classroom questioning is one of the main means for classroom interaction which plays a very important role in classroom teaching. Therefore, based on the observation of four different level English classes in the UK and interview of English teachers, this thesis investigates the types, functions and answer-seeking strategies used by EFL teachers.

The Second Language Acquisition of English in China: The Case Study of Chinese ESL Learners in Australia

English has been learned as the second language in China for decades.However,the study about English teaching and learning is mainly linked with development in instruction methods,while few views of English learners have been involved.This case study interviewed five Chinese overseas students in Australia,asking about their prior English learning experience in China to investigate English study in an anglophone context.The analysis of the interview reveals deficiencies of input,interaction and out-put in English classrooms in China,which contributes to the potential methods of improvements in the future.

Higher Secondary Commerce Students’ Engagement and Attitude towards Blended Learning Environment

At present,classroom instruction should be a self-regulated process and the learner who is self-motivated to explore problems and situations.For learning,the students are learning through the web as a source of knowledge,the learning environment should be shifted to a learner-centered rather than teacher-centered environment.Commerce education is to be directed towards mastery in its conventions and principles,towards thinking and solving problems in scientific ways,towards developing a positive outlook to the discipline at the higher secondary level.Attitude towards learning is associated with the academic performance of commerce-related tasks and improving achievement.It should be one of the basic features in designing effective commerce classroom instruction.In the present study,students’attitudes can be enhanced by using a blended learning instructional strategy targeting the variables of learner attitude towards learning of instructional transaction,learning task,classroom interaction,and assessment.The study employs pretest-posttest non-equivalence control group design under the quasi-experimental method.The sample consists of 80 students of standard XII,40 students each in the experimental group and control group.Statistical techniques of descriptive statistics,t-test,and Cohen’s d were used for comparing the pretest and posttest scores of attitude towards learning and measuring the effect size between experimental and control groups.The findings of the study showed that there is a significant difference in the mean posttest scores of attitude towards learning between the experimental group and control group and the blended learning instructional strategy is more beneficial in developing the attitude of higher secondary school students when compared to constructivist teaching strategy.

Exploring Chinese EFL Teachers’ Verbal Feedback in Shaping Learner Contributions

Shaping learner contributions(SLC)in teacher's verbal feedback as an essential aspect of classroom interactional com-petence(CIC)to encourage modified language output and negotiation for meaning has been considered as facilitative for SLA,yet less recognized.This study explores classroom discourse to understand teacher's talk in SLC from two Chinese EFL classrooms,aiming to provide suggestions for EFL classrooms to enhancelearning.By integrating the results fromclose analysis and IDLab,16 SLC feedback strategies have been elicited,such as scaffolding,extending wait-time,code-switching,etc.,most of which are con-sistent with previous studies except for a new discovery,termed as emphasizing knowledge,but it reveals thatthey are not always constructive with respect to CIC.Thus,this study contributes a significant role in helping teachers and teacher education adopt ef-fective teaching practices and in introducing the new thought of CIC into the Chinese EFL context.

Politeness Strategies of Teachers' Feedback in Higher Vocational English Class

Based on the research of teachers' feedback and politeness strategies, this study adopts the natural research method-classroom observation, and analyzes ten typical politeness strategies teachers widely use in giving feedback to demonstrate how teachers improve the efficiency of classroom interaction by these strategies based on the collected data, aiming at giving inspiration to the use of teachers' politeness strategies to further improve English teaching and to develop students' competence in using English.

A Brief Analysis of Meaning Negotiation between Teachers and Students

Meaning negotiation builds the connection that speakers communicate and cooperate.It is also the interaction to solve dif⁃ficulties in comprehension.By researching the problems of English classroom teaching,this paper finds the necessity and the ad⁃vantages of meaning negotiation between teachers and students that is compared with traditional classroom teaching.It makes sug⁃gestions on how teachers take teaching activities and introductory ways to make meaning negotiation work.

RECASTS AS CORRECTIVE FEEDBACK IN CHINA’S ENGLISH CLASSROOM INTERACTION

本文基于30节课堂教学语料调查了中国英语教师使用部分重说反馈语(recast)的频率和规律。数据表明,中国英语教师并不倾向在课堂中频繁使用部分重说;而当他们使用时,他们一般针对学生的语法错误使用部分重说;并且和其它反馈语相比,部分重说不能导致学生产出更多的即时修正。原因可能与部分重说的性质和教师使用它的技巧有关。

REPAIR MECHANISM IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE CLASSROOM INTERACTION

This paper presents practical research on repair mechanismand its four repair trajectories in FL classroom interaction. Thisshows that it is effective and efficient in assisting FL learners todevelop their communicative competence and understand theprocess of language acquisition. Repair strategies that are ofgreat value to FL teachers in FL classroom teaching are also ex-pounded.

Teaching and Learning Chinese through Immersion:A Case Study from the North American Context

With the promise of achieving bilingualism,biliteracy,and cultural pluralism,Chinese immersion programs for students from kindergarten to 12th grade(K-12)in North America,especially the US,have been proliferating in the past two decades.Research on this rapidly growing population of non-native Chinese learners is also growing.This research synthesis focuses on 35 selected studies published in recent years on Chinese immersion in both Chinese and English language journals and books.The review found that researchers are exploring a wide range of issues with respect to language and literacy development in Chinese immersion programs,including academic achievement in English,language and literacy acquisition in Chinese,instructional strategies and classroom interaction,as well as learners’language use and its sociolinguistic variations.These studies reflect a growing interest in and demand for learning more about the lesser-researched Chinese foreign language(CFL)learner population,and this review concludes with suggestions for future research on Chinese immersion based on its curricular features as well as specific considerations for conducting research with young,emergent bilingual and biliterate learners.