Abstract

In primary school, teacher talk is the main source for students to learn English which is not only the language for teachers to organize the class, but also the most crucial input for students to learn from. However, because of teachers’ unawareness of its importance, lack of understanding of its culture background and not having enough related training, there do exist some pitfalls in their teacher talk which do no good to students’ development of language competence. The pitfalls are too much teacher talk, low efficiency of feedback, unidiomatic expressions and lack of creative thinking. Two main differences between inexperienced teachers and experienced teachers are whether their feedback is effective and whether the sentences are complex or simple. In this research, the audio-recordings were gathered during my internship which were the major subject for the analysis and discussion. Besides, some implications about teacher’s professionalism are drawn.

Key words: Teacher Talk; pitfalls; differences; language competence

Contents

Abstract

摘  要

Chapter one Introduction-

1.1 The present status of Teacher Talk in Primary school-

1.2 The background and significance of the research-

1.3 The structure of the research-

Chapter two Literature Review-

2.1Research abroad-

2.1.1 Definition of Teacher Talk-

2.1.2 The clarification of Teacher Talk-

2.1.3 The features of Teacher Talk-

2.1.4 Other aspects of research-

2.2 Research at home-

2.2.1 The clarification of Teacher Talk-

2.2.2 Other aspects of research-

2.3 Theoretical foundation-

2.3.1 Krashen’s Comprehensible Input Hypothesis-

2.3.2 Flanders Interaction Analysis System-

Chapter three Research Methodology-

3.1 The research questions-

3.2 Subjects-

3.3 Data Collection-

Chapter four Findings and Discussion-

4.1 Existing Pitfalls of teacher talk-

4.1.1 Great amount of teacher talk-

4.1.2 Low efficiency of feedback-

4.1.3 Unidiomatic expressions-

4.1.4 Lack of creative thinking-

4.2 Main differences between the experienced teachers and the inexperienced teachers-

4.2.1 Effective feedback VS repeated feedback-

4.2.2 Complex sentences VS simple sentences-

Chapter five Implications and conclusion-

5.1 Implications-

5.1.1 Evaluation of the students-

5.1.2 Preparation before the class-

5.1.3 Redefinition of the job-

5.1.4 Innovation of Teacher Talk-

5.2 Conclusion-

Reference-