Author(s)

Huanlei Deng ¹

Affiliation(s)

¹ Nanfang College, Guangzhou, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510970, China

Corresponding Author

Huanlei Deng

ABSTRACT

This essay analyses the speech patterns in a junior high school English classrooms. With the tripartite structure of initiation-response-feedback, one of the most popular analytical tools of analysing classroom discourse, a comprehensive analysis is conducted to determine the characteristics of Chinese English classrooms. It turns out that the teacher dominates the classroom.

KEYWORDS

Speech Acts, English Classroom, Classroom Discourse, IRF

CITE THIS PAPER

Huanlei Deng, Speech Patterns in Chinese English Classroom: A Case Study. Curriculum and Teaching Methodology (2022) Vol. 5: 67-72. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.23977/curtm.2022.051510.

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