This article makes an investigation of 114 English majors' level of a particular communicative performance and the general ability to perform in small-group conversations in their conversation class, and thereafter e...This article makes an investigation of 114 English majors' level of a particular communicative performance and the general ability to perform in small-group conversations in their conversation class, and thereafter explores the reasons for their current level with the aid of questionnaire based on a rating scale, together with observation and interviews. Some countermeasures are provided to call for teachers' attention in their teaching practice.展开更多
This paper presents a new approach of conducting group discussions in oral communication classes by teaching students to follow the IRE (Initiation-Reply-Evaluation) discourse pattern and speak like a teacher. This ap...This paper presents a new approach of conducting group discussions in oral communication classes by teaching students to follow the IRE (Initiation-Reply-Evaluation) discourse pattern and speak like a teacher. This approach emphasizes the use of specific conversational skills to accomplish the process of meaning negotiation in discussions and has obtained satisfactory classroom results.展开更多
文摘This article makes an investigation of 114 English majors' level of a particular communicative performance and the general ability to perform in small-group conversations in their conversation class, and thereafter explores the reasons for their current level with the aid of questionnaire based on a rating scale, together with observation and interviews. Some countermeasures are provided to call for teachers' attention in their teaching practice.
文摘This paper presents a new approach of conducting group discussions in oral communication classes by teaching students to follow the IRE (Initiation-Reply-Evaluation) discourse pattern and speak like a teacher. This approach emphasizes the use of specific conversational skills to accomplish the process of meaning negotiation in discussions and has obtained satisfactory classroom results.