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Strategies to Improve Student-Student Interaction in Senior High English Teaching in Western China
LIU Li-ping
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DOI:10.17265/1539-8072/2018.08.001
Leshan Normal University, Sichuan, China
Classroom teaching interaction has been the research topic these years. This paper focuses on student-student interaction based on empirical studies of classroom interaction, including questionnaires, interviews, and lesson observations, finding that there are some pair work activities, but there are few group work activities in senior high English teaching in Western China for some reasons, such as large classes, exam-oriented education, etc. This research also suggests some communicative activities for teachers to adopt, such as jigsaw, information gap, topic discussion, debate, using group work in reading, peer writing conference, etc., aiming to cultivate students’ collaborative learning and co-operative awareness. Teachers will change their teaching ideas and adopt flexible methods to increase students’ talk time, using group work activities according to students’ needs. By doing this, teachers can arouse students’ motivation to learn and improve teaching and learning efficiency, and the goal is to promote their personal whole development.
strategies, senior English teaching in Western China, student-student interaction, activities
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