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Peer reviewedBailey, Leona G. – Foreign Language Annals, 1975
This paper analyzes both Flanders' and the Foreign Language Interaction (FLint) methods of classroom observation and concludes that both systems are deficient in accuracy, reliability and practicality. Observing, recording and decision-making difficulties are inherent, and system complexities and teacher biases add to the problems. (CHK)
Descriptors: Classroom Observation Techniques, Group Behavior, Interaction, Interaction Process Analysis
PDF pending restorationFanselow, John – 1975
Though the need for a language or languages to describe teacher behavior has been recognized for some time, few systems of analysis exist. A conceptual framework and a set of terms have been developed to describe the messages students and teachers send and receive in second language classrooms. This system is called FOCUS (an acronym for Foci for…
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Classroom Communication, Classroom Observation Techniques, Classroom Research
Download full textStansfield, Charles W. – 1972
This study describes and analyzes the state of English teaching in Colombian public secondary schools in 1971. Examined are the present status of the Colombian school system, the English curriculum, the attitudes of English students, and the organizations which contribute to the study of English in Colombia. The methods used to teach the language…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Curriculum Guides, English (Second Language), Evaluation Criteria
Chaudron, Craig – 1977
Observation and analysis of classroom interaction is used in a pilot study of Grade 8 and 9 French immersion programs to evaluate the relative importance placed by teachers on different student oral behaviors. The frequencies of teachers' corrections for different kinds of students' errors (in second language [L2] skills, subject matter knowledge,…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingual Students, Bilingualism, Classroom Environment
Fanselow, John F. – 1976
The patterns of moves in one type of teaching setting is very fixed: the teacher sets the stage for the learning, then sets tasks or asks questions for others to respond to and then comments on the performances. The problem with this pattern in language classrooms is that language is used differently in non-teaching settings. If students are…
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Classroom Environment, Classroom Observation Techniques, Communicative Competence (Languages)
Merino, Barbara J. – 1993
This chapter describes the nature of bilingual education for Hispanics of Mexican origin (Chicanos), outlines successful and unsuccessful classroom approaches to bilingual education, and proposes a research agenda for the future. Four principal approaches have been used in observational studies of language use in bilingual classrooms, including…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Bilingual Education, Bilingual Students, Classroom Research
