Interpreting Student-Student Interaction a Systemic Approach

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1、InterpretingStudent-StudentInteraction:aSystemicApproachLiaoHaiqingAbstract:Thepresentresearchemploysdiscourseanalysisasaninstrumenttoinvestigatetheinteractionpatternsofstudentsintheclassroomandseewhethertheyareeffectivecommunicatorsornot.Theresearchfollowsathree-pa

2、rtprocess:Record-Transcribe-Analyze.Afour-minutetopic-baseddyadconversationbytwoEnglishmajorswasrecordedandtranscribed.Inthefinalstagethesystemicapproachisappliedtoanalyzetherecordeddata.Keywords:student-studentinteraction,systemicapproach,moodchoices1.IntroductionT

3、heaimofforeignlanguageteachingistodeveloplearners’communicativeabilityinaforeignlanguageaseffectivelyaspossible.Toachievethisaim,teachersconductdifferenttypesofcommunicativeactivitiesintheclassroom.Butduetothelimitedteachinghoursandalargeclasssize,teachersfindithard

4、tomonitorthestudents’oraloutput.Maybeattheendoftheacademictermtheygivestudentsanoraltestandmarkthembyascore.Orstudentscantakethenationallevelspokentests(TEM4orCET4andCET6)andthenreceivecertificateswhichclassifythembyfourlevelsoforalEnglishperformanceamongwhichthreea

5、repassinggrades:Pass,Good,ExceptionalwhilethelastisFail.However,asEFLteachers,weknowthescorewegivetothestudentonlygivesaverygeneralorsuperficialpictureofthestudent’scommunicativecompetence.Ifwewanttogainamorecomprehensiveunderstandingofstudents’communicativeability,

6、weneedtodomorethanjustmanageatest.Analternativewayistoemploydiscourseanalysisasaninstrumenttoinvestigatetheinteractionpatternsofstudentsintheclassroomandseewhethertheyareeffectivecommunicatorsornot.UntilrecentlynotmuchresearchhasbeendoneinthisareaintheChineseEFLcont

7、ext.Tofillthisgapthepresentpaperaimstoanalyzeclassroomstudent-studentinteractiondiscourse.Althoughthetaskistime-consuming,theanalysiswillshedlightonstudents’orallanguageproduction.Theresearchfollowsathree-partprocess:Record-Transcribe-Analyze.Afour-minutetopic-based

8、dyadconversationbytwoEnglishmajorswasrecordedandtranscribed.Inthefinalstagethesystemicapproachisappliedtoanalyzetherecordeddata.2.TheSyste