Focussing on teacher talk in motivating students in the English Language classroom at Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) / Alauyah Johari

This paper looks at the various aspects of teacher talk in the English Language classroom. This is based on classroom observations and unpublished classroom research done over a period of ten years. Teacher talk is dealt in three aspects: amount, quality and timing of teacher talk. A more detailed...

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Main Author: Johari, Alauyah
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: UiTM cawangan Kedah 2003
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Online Access:http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/11852/1/AJ_ALAUYAH%20JOHARI%20WA%2003.pdf
http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/11852/
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Summary:This paper looks at the various aspects of teacher talk in the English Language classroom. This is based on classroom observations and unpublished classroom research done over a period of ten years. Teacher talk is dealt in three aspects: amount, quality and timing of teacher talk. A more detailed discussion is done on the timing of the teacher talk. Finally suggestions are made to help teachers use teacher use his/her talk to benefit everybody in class.