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Direct linkYang, Xueyan; Tao, Xin – Modern Language Journal, 2018
This case study compares the discourse behaviors of 2 Chinese teachers of English as a Foreign Language (EFL), one rated high and one rated low by their respective students. The teachers were each audio-recorded for a total of 100 minutes during the 'text session' of an Intensive Reading course. Drawing on Yang's (2010) model of EFL classroom…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Classroom Communication
Smotrova, Tetyana; Lantolf, James P. – Modern Language Journal, 2013
The purpose of the present study is to investigate the mediational function of the gesture-speech interface in the instructional conversation that emerged as teachers attempted to explain the meaning of English words to their students in two EFL classrooms in the Ukraine. Its analytical framework is provided by Vygotsky's sociocultural psychology…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Nonverbal Communication, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction
Burnett, Joanne – Modern Language Journal, 2011
This qualitative study followed two graduates from a master of arts in the teaching of languages program, who had taught for at least 3 years, into their domain of work in public school teaching. The study was carried out to better understand the day-to-day work, challenges, and social and interactive contexts in which language teachers engage. It…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Classroom Techniques, Student Behavior, Teacher Education Programs
Menard-Warwick, Julia – Modern Language Journal, 2009
Based on qualitative research conducted in 3 university English as a foreign language classrooms in Chile and 3 community college English as a second language classrooms in California, this article examines the approaches used in teaching culture in these classrooms, the differences in how particular cultures (usually national cultures) were…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Classroom Communication, Cultural Differences, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedPolio, Charlene G.; Duff, Patricia A. – Modern Language Journal, 1994
In a follow-up project, this study examined how and when six university language teachers actually used English and the target language in the classroom. Results suggest that switches to English may be made to help maintain classroom order, to create solidarity or empathy, to cover lack of experience or strategies, or to rephrase or modify their…
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Code Switching (Language), College Faculty, English
Peer reviewedPica, Teresa – Modern Language Journal, 2002
Focused on the role of subject-matter in second language (L2) learning. Sought to identify ways in which teachers modified classroom interaction about subject-matter content in order to assist the input, feedback, and production needs of L2 learners and to promote their attention to developmentally difficult relationships of L2 form and meaning…
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, College Students, English (Second Language), Feedback
