A Study on Teacher-Pupil Interaction of English Teaching on An English Village in Taiwan

• Main Authors: Shiou-Yin Yeh, 葉修吟
• Other Authors: Yu-Min Chien
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2014
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/36776927466216026121

碩士 === 中原大學 === 教育研究所 === 102 === Abstract This study aims to explore the context of the situated scenario classrooms of an English village in Taiwan in the aspects of the teacher-pupil interaction: patterns, strategies, factors, impacts, and further discussion on the relations between the impacts and English teaching. To achieve these goals, a case study was designed by selecting an elementary school’s English village which is located in the Northern Taiwan, 13 fifth grade students, and the class teacher. The results indicate that: (1) The authentic contexts stimulate students’ motivation to learn English; (2) The teacher-pupil interaction includes teacher-student interaction and the interaction between peers; (3) The factors that influence the teacher-pupil interaction includes the environment, content, teachers’ teaching behavior and students’ response; (4) The teacher-pupil interaction has impacts on the students’ internal motivation and external learning behavior; (5) The teacher-pupil interaction have correlation with English learning in the aspects of higher motivation, meaningful input and out, interactive participation, and speak English out. According to the study results suggest that (1) English teachers should consider whole English teaching in class, student-centered curriculum, and interactive activities; (2) Teacher education units to train professional bilingual English teacher, to enhance teachers’ communication skills, to provide English teaching workshop and seminar; (3) Education authority consider to place the model of English teaching into the formal elementary English teaching. Key words: English village, teacher-pupil interaction