Tick, tock, talk: An analysis of the types of teacher talk in university classrooms

Focusing on a university classroom setting, the study determined the types of teacher talk used by three English language teachers. Data were gathered using classroom observations and structured interviews. Using Flanders Interaction Analysis (FIA), the data yielded the incidence of the following categories: seven (7) for the teacher talk, two (2) for the student talk, and one (1) for silence or confusion. The results revealed that among the seven types of direct and indirect talk, there is a preponderance of lecturing at 41.33%. Significantly, the data revealed that teachers tend to focus on... Mehr ...

Verfasser: Ma. Ana Therese De Guzman
Carolyn Ma. Cristine Magabilin
Seul Gi Park
Hyun Jung Son
Razzel Velasco
Camilla J. Vizconde
Dokumenttyp: Artikel
Erscheinungsdatum: 2014
Reihe/Periodikum: Asian Journal of English Language Studies (AJELS), Vol 2, Pp 52-75 (2014)
Verlag/Hrsg.: Department of English
Faculty of Arts and Letters
University of Santo Tomas
Schlagwörter: teacher talk / english as second language (esl) / interaction analysis / flanders interaction analysis categories (fiac) / English language / PE1-3729
Sprache: Englisch
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Focusing on a university classroom setting, the study determined the types of teacher talk used by three English language teachers. Data were gathered using classroom observations and structured interviews. Using Flanders Interaction Analysis (FIA), the data yielded the incidence of the following categories: seven (7) for the teacher talk, two (2) for the student talk, and one (1) for silence or confusion. The results revealed that among the seven types of direct and indirect talk, there is a preponderance of lecturing at 41.33%. Significantly, the data revealed that teachers tend to focus on the content and do not seem to practice the indirect talk, which is “accepting of feelings.” The need for teachers to be fully aware of these types and facilitate such types of talk in their classrooms is recommended.