Why are students quiet? Looking at the Chinese context and beyond  

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Xiaoyan, Xie

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: ELT Journal = English Language Teaching Journal (Full Text) vol. 64 no. 1 (Jan. 2010), page 10-20.
Topik: Chinese culture; Student attitude; ELT
Fulltext: 2010.1.10.full.pdf (100.51KB)

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This paper is part of a larger project on teacher–student interaction and the contextual issues which shape them. It reported that the reticence of English majors is caused by the communicative environment that the teachers create in their interactions with their students. The data were collected through observations, audio- and videotaping, and stimulated re?ection across a two-anda-half-month period. Informed by Vygotsky’s (1978) sociocultural theory which puts talk at the core of successful teaching and learning, the analysis presented reveals how the teachers’ thematic control leads to students’ low interaction levels. Based on the ?ndings, implications are discussed and some possible changes to teaching practices proposed, which are applicable not only to the Chinese context but beyond.

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