Student - Teacher Interactions in English Classes in Four Schouls in Addis Ababa
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1983-06
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Addis Ababa University
Abstract
The purpose of this study is in general to find out the
kind and frequency of verbal and non-verbal behaviours that
transpire when teachers and students in four selected twelfth
grade En~lish classes in Addis Ababa interact.
Findings show:
that three teachers did 75% to 84% of the talk in
the class;
that the remaining teacher did 57% of the talk whereas
silence and confusion accounted for 4 - 8%;
that student talk ranged from 12% to 18% in the three
classes and 35% in the fourth one;
that nearly all teachers were more direct than indirect
in th8ir influence;
that Amharic was used along with English in two of
the four classes;
that nearly all the teachers in this study commented
positively or negatively on ideas expressed by
students;
that although students' participation in class discussion
was minimal. the teachers did a great deal of
prompting;
that on the average the teachers put emphasis on the
content area about 59% of the time and,
that on the average 32% of the time, the teachers
and students remained in the same category for
periods longer than 3 seconds.
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Teacher Interactions