Types and Characteristics of Classroom Exchanges in Korean Middle School TETE Classes: A Discourse Analysis and Its Pedagogical Implication

Abstract

This paper describes discourse functions of classroom exchanges in

TETE classes. The empirical data comes from a one-year long

observation of seventh grade English classrooms. The study observed

that there were very few instances of real communication and that the

interaction patterns observed in the classes are different from those in

natural communication in English. The paper shows that what is

needed in the TETE classes is not only the teachers use of English

but the students active participation in meaningful interaction and

negotiation. The paper concludes that a prerequisite for more successful

and efficient TETE classes is sincere and systemic effort to help and

lead students to actively participate in classroom interaction.