Strategies for Fostering Interaction in Online Classrooms:A Conversation Analysis of Teacher-Student Verbal Interaction in Random Questioning in Pandemic-Initiated Online Teaching

This paper aims to explore how a veteran teacher organizes online teaching initiated by the pandemic and how she deals with the problems in online teacher-student verbal interaction.By analyzing a corpus of 20 audio-recorded online lessons between a math teacher and her students during the COVID-19 pandemic from April 11 to May 10,2022,four interactional segments are selected as the focus of the study.The results of the conversation analysis of the segments showed that students’modesty,lack of confidence,lack of ability,and network delay are the main factors affecting online teacher-student interaction.By encouraging students to answer questions,enlightening students to give answers,enriching students’answers,and entertaining the teaching atmosphere(“4Es”strategies),the teacher solved the problems successfully.The findings from this study can provide pedagogical experience and implications for practical teaching.

A Case Study of Computer-based Teacher-Student Interaction outside Class

This case study examines the interaction through emails between a professor and one of his third-year students outside of the classroom to explore the problems in the teacher-student interaction.It shows that confronted with difficulties,the student turns directly to her teacher,yet failing to make her specific difficulties known,and the teacher spares no pains to exemplify the doing of assignments,yet knowing little about his student’s knowings and unknowings.At the end of the article are some enlightenments:seeking help after self-attempting and helping after knowing.

An Action Research Report on Teacher-Student Interaction in EFL Class

This essay is an action research report, focusing on the analysis of a common problem in EFL teaching---passive class. By analyzing the data collected in an EFL class, the author testifies the hypotheses, reflects on some possible reasons for the passive class and proposes suggestions to improve the teacher-student interaction.

An Analysis on Teacher-student Role Changing in Interactive Teaching Mode

Teachers and students play important roles in teaching activity,and they are the most essential parts of the system.The relationship between teachers and students,the core schooling interpersonal relationship,directly determines whether the teach ing activities can go smoothly or not,and is an important index to measure the quality of teachers and students'school life,and also is an important factor that affects the social function of education.For a long time,relationship between teachers and students has been a hot topic in education and in different sectors of the society.This dissertation aims at discussing the teacher-student role changing in interactive teaching mode to provide reference for building a harmonious relationship between teachers and stu dents.

An Empirical Study on Interaction in EFL Classrooms in Middle Schools in Western Areas of China

Interaction in EFL （English as a foreign language） classrooms has received much attention in recent years However, little research exists that has investigated interaction in Chinese EFL classrooms. To bridge this gap, the current research investigates interaction in EFL classrooms in middle schools in China in terms of： （1） the amount of teacher talk and interaction; （2） the type of teacher questions and teacher feedbacks; and （3） the amount and forms of meaning negotiation. The data set include observation records and observation reports of 140 naturally occurring lessons in middle schools in China. The findings reveal that there is not much interaction in EFL lessons in middle schools in western areas of China, which is shown by class time dominated by TTT （teacher talking time）, teacher questions and feedbacks that do not encourage students＇ responses and very little negotiation of meaning Possible causes are analyzed, and implications of this research for EFL teaching in China, teacher development and further research are also discussed

Scaffolding in Teacher-Student Interaction:A Case Study in Two Oral English Classes in China

This paper reports a case study designed to understand classroom interactional processes in a Chinese university. The case study focuses on scaffolding in teacher-student interaction as well as the process of shifting the responsibility from the teacher to student. Our first aim was to determine how teacher-student interactions in two oral English classes were distributed, and our second aim was to determine how the two teachers perceive their roles in teacher-student interaction and how their perceptive differences were reflected in teacher-student interaction in their oral English classes. The data were collected through videotaping and an interview. Results show that distribution patterns of teacher-student interactions were mainly different in the two oral English classes, and the role perception differences of the two teachers were partly reflected in their teacher-student interaction. The study suggests that the process of shifting the responsibility from teacher to student is a complex process which demands great efforts from teachers as well as willingness from students.

Autonomy in Scaffolding as Learning in Teacher-Student Negotiation of Meaning in a University EFL Classroom

Based upon sociocultural theory, this study investigates the dynamics of the teacher＇s roles and learner autonomy in the process of scaffolding in teacher-student negotiation of meaning in an EFL classroom, The participants were 25 undergraduate students and a Chinese teacher of English at a university in China. The teacher-student dialogue was the central mechanism mediating the construction of negotiation of meaning and form in language learning. The analysis of classroom discourse and the teacher＇s retrospection from an interview illustrated the teacher＇s different roles in interaction, where scaffolding acted as a structured pedagogical tool. The study revealed that the learners were afforded assistance to progress from other- regulation to self-regulation, and consequently, the teacher exploited opportunities to enhance learner autonomy in negotiation of spaces for autonomy in classroom teaching. The study has probed into the significance of the teacher＇s capacity of controlling scaffolding effectively and generated implications for teacher development and learner training.

一种网络化虚拟仪器实验教学的管理模式

本文主要基于LabVIEW的DataSocket远程通信技术,设计了两种服务测控端—主(教师)客户端—次(学生)客户端之间的数据传输与控制系统。它们都能在实验教学中实现远程测控及师生之间的随时互动,从而建构了一种有效地管理网络化虚拟仪器实验教学的模式。

Self-Regulated Learning in Classroom Interaction in a Summer English Programme

The study examined how Chinese non-English majors engaged in classroom interaction with their native English teacher and their peers and how they negotiated meaning to reach successful communication through scaffolding in a summer intensive English program in a key university in China. Sixteen Chinese non-English majors and one native English speaker were observed in three tasks:a decision-making task,an information gap task between the students and an interview task between the teacher and the students. The findings showed that the students initiated more to signal problems when communicating with their peers than with the native teacher when confronting communication breakdowns. In the peer interaction, 163 scaffolding episodes within 7 categories were identified with Feedback(25. 77%)as the most frequent category. Through their peers’ scaffolding, the students were able to self-regulate their discourse. Both the more proficient and less proficient learners were able to and willingly to offer assistance to each other,however,sometimes produce incorrect output. They may also fail to scaffold the peers because of their limited L2 knowledge. In the teacher student interaction,284 scaffolding episodes of 8 kinds were identified with Recruitment(29. 58%) as the most frequent category. The teacher scaffolded the students by demonstrating, simplifying the task and then gave positive feedback and interpretively summarized the students’ answer. The teacher’s scaffolding triggered more ideas and utterances from the students. Although the program was communication-oriented,the teacher drew the students’ attention to the form as the students paid more attention to their language form and were able to self-regulate their utterance most of the time.

Preliminary Study on Quantitative Research Methods of Discussion-based Teaching： CAD/CAM Course

Computer-aided design and manufacturing, or CAD/CAM, in a narrow sense, is the use of a computer for component design and machining. As a specialized course for students, CAD/CAM course is a required course for undergraduates majoring in mechanical engineering and related engineering majors and also the core technical skills to be mastered during the undergraduate study. Based on the teaching practices of CAD/CAM course, this paper tries to introduce the discussion-based method in curriculum design and the implementation of the course, and enhance the interaction between teachers and students through using new information interaction tools such as WeChat group and course homepage to stimulate students＇ interest, and also expand the learning space and time. Thus, the problems students have will be solved in real time. In this study, for the first time, the statistical methods are used to record detailed the speaking students＇ interaction, and also carries out quantitative time, keywords and the frequency of teachers and analysis in order to explore the interactive patterns between teacher and students in discussion-based teaching, so as to improve communication and learning efficien between teacher and students. Meanwhile, this paper also discussed the advantages and the disadvantages cy of using discussion-based teaching in the hope that it can provide reference for the following discussion-based teaching of CAD/CAM course in mechanical or related engineering majors.